ahhhhh so i finally took the plunge and booked it...
yup for all you that didnt know i am spending WAY too much $$ that i dont have on an almost month long trip to visit some friends and to see some sites...
first stop is Wausau, Wisconsin to stay with my first room-mate in mammoth (i had more than one) and then i am jumping down to Nashville, Tennessee to see the loverly Renee, a friend from the HB that moved out to the states about 5 years back..*it seems that it takes me about 5 years to get round to catching people up but i was always a bit of a procrastinator;)*
and then i am jetting in to Vancouver for a bit of the tourist thing so that i can then catch the train over the Rockies to Jasper before back here to G.P.
its going to mean one whole lot of time spent in the Chicago airport (thats where all my lay-overs are) and not much sleep but hey isnt that what travel is all about..im sure i will have many a story to tell...
In the mean time i have been occupying myself with trying to teach Ashleys cousin how to play cricket..and given the lack of cricket sets around here we were forced to get somewhat creative with the bat (a cut off hockey stick) and wicket (a box with bowling pins on top) but all in all baseball skills came in handy and though most of the rules were lost on him and he couldnt stop calling the batter the goalie it was a really funny time....