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We know so many people around the world 8:11 AM (last hour)

We always come back to the Ottawa area in September. It's definitely the best time of year here in our opinion. The kids are back in school, the weather is still nice, and the bugs are usually gone.

We've been here for two weeks already! 11 Sep 6:32 AM (2 days ago)

Well, apparently there's not a lot of interest in gold and silver around here! That's okay though... it proves my thesis that we are only in the third inning and not many people are paying attention yet.

Investing in gold and silver miners 9 Sep 6:32 AM (4 days ago)

As I mentioned yesterday, we have been invested in gold and silver mining stocks for several years. This has paid off substantially, yet I think the really big gains are yet to come.

Gold and silver 8 Sep 6:51 AM (5 days ago)

There's sometimes not much to talk about when we're sitting in Ottawa for six weeks. So don't expect daily updates during this time period. 

If it's not fresh, it's free 6 Sep 6:52 AM (7 days ago)

We did our weekly grocery shopping yesterday. It's a fairly stressful thing for us! Even though we know to expect it, we're still getting sticker shock every time we come back to Canada. 

Race Day! 4 Sep 6:29 AM (9 days ago)

One of the things that we had planned for Cameron was to take him to the big indoor go karting track across the river in Quebec. I've known of this place for several years and have always wanted to go myself.

Humane society and fishing 3 Sep 5:14 AM (10 days ago)

Monday morning we went and met for coffee with Mary and Blair, a retired Ottawa couple who are now living in their Airstream trailer, however have booked this winter at an Airbnb in Mexico.

It's a bit frustrating... 1 Sep 5:24 AM (12 days ago)

When we were in Mexico in April, I tried to buy new shock absorbers for Igor. I'm pretty fussy about what brand of shocks I wanted though. There is a Bilstein model that's specifically made for the Econoline E350 chassis, and that's what I wanted.

August Expenses - Another expensive month 31 Aug 5:38 AM (13 days ago)

We spent the first 15 days of the month of August on a cruise ship going from Southampton, England to Greenland with stops in Ireland and Iceland.

We thought they lost Cameron's bag! 29 Aug 3:50 PM (14 days ago)

Lindsey drove us to Halifax Airport yesterday morning and we got there with lots of time to spare for our 12:35pm flight to Ottawa.

Heading back to Ottawa 28 Aug 3:39 AM (16 days ago)

Well that went by quickly! Here we are on August 28th already, and we have tickets on Porter Airlines to fly to Ottawa this afternoon.

Splashifax Water Park 27 Aug 5:55 AM (17 days ago)

We always give experience gifts to the grandkids for their birthdays, and granddaughter Sadie has her 12th birthday coming up this Friday. Unfortunately, we have to fly to Ottawa on Thursday so we took Sadie and her friend Violet to her birthday outing yesterday.

We ended up getting a decent rain 26 Aug 3:30 AM (18 days ago)

Probably not enough to remove the hiking restrictions here in Nova Scotia, but better than nothing. We've only got another two days here, so it really doesn't matter much to us anymore.

Big forest fire 25 Aug 5:36 AM (19 days ago)

There's a massive forest fire burning about 75 kms (47 miles) west of here. Nova Scotia doesn't normally have a problem with forest fires, but this summer has been particularly dry. They've even had some evacuations called.

A good day for ice cream! 24 Aug 4:13 AM (20 days ago)

Saturday was another beautiful day here in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.

Valle de Bravo water levels 23 Aug 5:28 AM (21 days ago)

We will arrive back in Mexico on October 8th, just over six weeks from now.

It's all totally free! 22 Aug 5:12 AM (22 days ago)

Yesterday was another beautiful day.

That's a great workout! 21 Aug 5:43 AM (23 days ago)

Yesterday, we took Lindsey and the family to the OnTree Adventure Park. It's a really fun family activity center with zip lines and obstacle courses that run through the tree tops in the forest.

Arrived back in Canada 20 Aug 3:51 AM (24 days ago)

We had breakfast in the premium lounge at Barcelona Airport then relaxed there for a couple of hours before our flight. With this new Scotiabank Passport Infinite Privilege Visa card that we've got, we each get 10 lounge passes annually, so now we don't mind using them for the occasional airport breakfast as well. These will come in handy over the course of a year!

Well that was an interesting night. One that we wouldn't want to repeat! 19 Aug 12:09 AM (25 days ago)

A gorgeous day in London 18 Aug 2:28 AM (26 days ago)

Really lucky to have such a great day in London. The temperature was about 25C (77F) and sunny. Just perfect, and so of course there were lots of other people enjoying a beautiful Sunday as well.

Day 16 - Sea day and arrived back in England 17 Aug 2:47 AM (27 days ago)

Just another day at sea on Friday. Regular schedule, and in the evening they had a ventriloquist as the entertainment and he was really good. He had been a performer on the America's Got Talent television show. Very funny.

Day 15 - Sea day. Would we do another cruise? 15 Aug 2:24 AM (29 days ago)

Another day of looking out and seeing nothing but the sea. It's been much calmer than it was when we did our last three sea days in a row headed the opposite way towards Greenland.

Day 14 - Sea Day... things we have learned on our first cruise 14 Aug 2:28 AM (last month)

Wednesday was the first of three sea days as we make our way from Iceland back to our starting point at Southampton, England. So, we easily got back into the routine that we are happy with on sea days.

Day 13 - Lots of waterfalls in Iceland! 13 Aug 3:03 AM (last month)

We woke up Tuesday morning at anchor in the bay outside the town of Grundarfjörður. Ruth and I have been here before, during our 5 day tour of Iceland back in October 2012, however we were on a bus tour at the time and so we didn't get any time to explore.