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Hello, Friends. We left Burundi for home early this morning. When we got to Nairobi, Kenya, we found a nearly empty airport with most flights cancelled. We had no idea what was going on. This airport is a big hub for Central Africa. Now we just hope to get out of here tonight on our... Continue Reading →
Africa is one of our seven continents, but it's really just a big big island, and I am going there! I am taking my grandson Johan, age 8, to meet his other grandparents, Lydia and Sophonie, in mid- February. They live in the tiny country of Burundi, which borders on Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Congo.... Continue Reading →
Finally getting to Hudson Bay was a big milestone in my life. It has taken me a week to place the experience in its proper slot. A little perspective was needed, as the two week period I spent on the Hayes River was extreme in every sense of the word.The trip I lined up... Continue Reading →
We are getting ready to start our trip tomorrow. Here are a few shots from Churchill, the polar bear capital of the world Hudson Bay Beluga whales in the Churchill estuary
I have lived many places in my 70 years, and have travelled to countless others. I don't usually rave about a location even if I loved it. I don't make bored dinner guests watch endless slideshows. But my recent trip to the Galapagos Islands is an exception. If you are looking for unusual and weird... Continue Reading →
The Island Girl is at it again! I leave home on Monday for a week exploring the Galapagos Islands. I expect that it will be reminiscent of Iceland, except for the heat, the rain, the snorkeling, the cacti, the buried pirate treasure, and the wildlife: blue-footed boobies, lumbering giant tortoises, showy frigatebirds, the only marine... Continue Reading →
Last night the three of us who will be paddling to Hudson Bay gave a presentation in Iowa Falls, Iowa. I have done quite a few of these programs by myself, as have they, but this was the first time we did it jointly. It was really fun for me, and I think it gave... Continue Reading →
The Canadian Border Patrol finally got back to me, after I wrote an email, an online request, a letter, and called several times. The first time I called, they said crossing the border on the Red River couldn't be done. This time it was good news for us! Instead of giving the impression that Canada... Continue Reading →
Long long time ago, I can still remember…..I had a student exactly thirty years younger than I, and a colleague exactly fifteen years younger than I. We went on a college canoeing trip to the BWCA once, then twice, and now it has morphed into an every year activity. We paddle one year, bike the... Continue Reading →
Jim Post singing Mighty Big River In 2004, two of my college friends and I decided to paddle canoes from the headwaters in Itasca State Park in northern Minnesota to the Twin Cities. We all had experience canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, so it wasn’t a stretch to think we could paddle the... Continue Reading →
Anne Sherve-Ose: Island Girl 