https://www.youtube.com/get_player We just finished our 5km CIBC Run for the Cure a couple of hours ago and put together this montage to share with all of you! We may be far away from Ottawa-Gatineau, but we were running with Mighty Mary’s Miracle Team in spirit 
p.s. Make sure you have your volume turned up!Continue reading “Run Day!”
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Wild Wyoming
As I might have mentioned before, Wyoming – compared with most places in the continental U.S. – is quite sparsely populated. There are about 500,000 people spread out over the state, and most of these are clustered in small towns and cities. This means that there are a lot of wild, wide-open spaces. Last Wednesday,Continue reading “Wild Wyoming”
Rescuing Riker
There is a new addition to our little family, and Guinness is none too pleased. I can’t write a long message because I’m constantly supervising Riker, our new German Shepherd-Lab mix puppy and making sure he gets whisked out the back door every time he wakes up from a nap, eats his food, or hasContinue reading “Rescuing Riker”
Meanwhile back home in Canada…
There are definitely some interesting political happenings here in the US – what with the presidential race and all that… But in my book nothing beats good ol’ Canadian politico-cultural satire. My dad – ever trawling the Web – forwarded this video to me. If you have ever lived in Quebec or another part ofContinue reading “Meanwhile back home in Canada…”
Feeling High and Dry
High Desert Country. This pretty much sums up the climate and elevation of our new hometown of Green River, Wyoming: the city sits at a lofty 6100 ft (1859 m) above sea level and is a green oasis surrounded by scrubland, sand dunes, and the Red Desert. To put this in perspective, nearby Denver, ColoradoContinue reading “Feeling High and Dry”
Take a Tour of Green River, WY!
Follow these links to check out videos of Green River, Wyoming – our new home for the next year and a half! Welcome Quality of Life Education Real Estate (hmm… I noticed they didn’t talk about the mobile home parks!) Tourism Parks Thanks to my dad who turned up the video tours!
Must be a full moon
I know it’s an old superstition, but the little white dog two doors down keeps yapping, I’m having trouble sleeping, and the last few days have just been too weird. First of all, Doug and I keep hurting ourselves. 1) Guinness was lying on one of the stairs a few nights ago and Doug almostContinue reading “Must be a full moon”
Home Sweet Home
When I last left off, Doug and I had filled out a rental application for a brand new townhouse in Green River, Rock Springs’ sister city. While we had a good feeling that the rental agent liked us, we were not content to sit on our laurels – not when the rental market is soContinue reading “Home Sweet Home”
Rapid-fire house hunting
Sunday, September 7th: Initial Optimism Doug and I arrived in Rock Springs at approximately 2pm on Sunday, September 7th. Since then, we have spent practically every waking moment trying to find ourselves a place to rent. Before we left Ottawa we were in touch with Doug’s “relocation coordinator” who I assume was supposed to doContinue reading “Rapid-fire house hunting”
Grabbing Hold of Wyoming
We arrived safe and relatively sound in Rock Springs on Sunday afternoon after what seemed like the longest four hours of our lives. In 2005 when we drove cross-country to go to grad school in Vancouver, BC we experienced similar feelings of excitement and trepidation on the last leg of the trip. At least backContinue reading “Grabbing Hold of Wyoming”