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Home Again from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Yes, I did say I was going to take a few days off from blogging while we get resettled at home, but our drive from yesterday deserved a post. Honestly, I can't remember when I've seen worse traffic. We decided to get our beloved Egg McMuffins for breakfast. There was a McDonald's nearby, and so it seemed a little like a breakfast celebration. The only thing missing was the champagne for our orange juice.

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, traffic through Seattle is notoriously awful. It's even been listed in ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under cats , embroidery , mindless musings , photography , random rants , travel

Home Again from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Yes, I did say I was going to take a few days off from blogging while we get resettled at home, but our drive from yesterday deserved a post. Honestly, I can't remember when I've seen worse traffic. We decided to get our beloved Egg McMuffins for breakfast. There was a McDonald's nearby, and so it seemed a little like a breakfast celebration. The only thing missing was the champagne for our orange juice.

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, traffic through Seattle is notoriously awful. It's even been listed in ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under cats , embroidery , mindless musings , photography , random rants , travel

Canada, EH? from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

The countdown is on for this trip, and I'm pretty much organized. I packed my small backpack yesterday - the important one with my protein bars, all the medication, and a few other things, like three pairs of glasses! I have a few other small things to pack, but it should easily be under 10 lbs.

I got a chuckle as we've heard many times about small planes that you need to get from one destination to another, which we have to take for parts of this trip. I believe the maximum weight per passenger is 20 KG, and ...

added by Elaine 3 months ago. under canada , fitbit , ironing board , lexi , murphy , packing , pony express , travel , travel pouches

Mt. Vernon, Washington from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's our last morning on the road. We've crossed the border into the United States, and we're here to stay for a while. Probably a long while. We'll be doing more traveling eventually, but we have no plans to travel internationally at this point.

After the heat of the day before, we got on our way early. As it turns out, it never got very hot yesterday, but we took no chances. We needed fuel, and the cheapest fuel was down the road in the Ashcroft First Nation territory. As we drove ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under barns , mindless musings , photography , travel

Mt. Vernon, Washington from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's our last morning on the road. We've crossed the border into the United States, and we're here to stay for a while. Probably a long while. We'll be doing more traveling eventually, but we have no plans to travel internationally at this point.

After the heat of the day before, we got on our way early. As it turns out, it never got very hot yesterday, but we took no chances. We needed fuel, and the cheapest fuel was down the road in the Ashcroft First Nation territory. As we drove ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under barns , mindless musings , photography , travel

What wildlife do you have in your backyard? from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Yes -- I need to figure out how to change the stride on this new fitness tracker. I haven't found that yet, BUT I found the sleep app. Someone at the retreat mentioned that they use the sleep app to monitor their sleep, and I dismissed it. How can this app know so much about your sleep from a little band around your wrist? You think I would know better by now.

So I did that last night. And I had looked at my previous night's sleep. OMG -- it's pretty bang on. And the snoring? There's even ...

added by Elaine 3 months ago. under halloween , m , murphy , quiltsocial , retreat at the farm , travel , wool applique

Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's our last morning in Canada. We'll cross the border into Washington state toward the end of today's drive. We'll spend one more night in Mt. Vernon, Washington, and then we'll make the last leg of the journey toward home tomorrow. We're all pretty well ready to be off the road.

So, let's back up to our drive from Quesnel to Ashcroft yesterday. Before I go on, I want to address a couple of things I said in yesterday's post. For one thing, the air-conditioning in the truck ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under barns , cats , photography , travel

Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's our last morning in Canada. We'll cross the border into Washington state toward the end of today's drive. We'll spend one more night in Mt. Vernon, Washington, and then we'll make the last leg of the journey toward home tomorrow. We're all pretty well ready to be off the road.

So, let's back up to our drive from Quesnel to Ashcroft yesterday. Before I go on, I want to address a couple of things I said in yesterday's post. For one thing, the air-conditioning in the truck ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under barns , cats , photography , travel

Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're moving closer to the Canada/USA border today. Tomorrow's post will be my last from Canada. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's talk about yesterday's drive, shall we? I started seeing barns and rustic structures right away after leaving Houston.

I've abandoned the Milepost for the remainder of the trip. I was looking up these little communities on Wikipedia as we passed through. We passed through a series of small communities associated with the many lakes we saw along the way. Here's another grouping of rustic ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under barns , photography , travel

Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're moving closer to the Canada/USA border today. Tomorrow's post will be my last from Canada. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's talk about yesterday's drive, shall we? I started seeing barns and rustic structures right away after leaving Houston.

I've abandoned the Milepost for the remainder of the trip. I was looking up these little communities on Wikipedia as we passed through. We passed through a series of small communities associated with the many lakes we saw along the way. Here's another grouping of rustic ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under barns , photography , travel

Houston, British Columbia, Canada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We’re another day closer to home. The roads have improved as we’ve moved farther south, probably because of increased population density. We’re still seeing some beautiful mountains. I believe the ones in the image below are the Seven Sisters peaks.

There wasn’t much to talk about until we crossed the bridge over the Skeena River. This was near the junction to Trans-Canada Hwy 16.

We turned east at the junction, and then crossed the river again. We traveled parallel to the river for many kilometers.

So, here we go. This highway is ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 1 week ago. under barns , every blooming thing , photography , travel

Houston, British Columbia, Canada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We’re another day closer to home. The roads have improved as we’ve moved farther south, probably because of increased population density. We’re still seeing some beautiful mountains. I believe the ones in the image below are the Seven Sisters peaks.

There wasn’t much to talk about until we crossed the bridge over the Skeena River. This was near the junction to Trans-Canada Hwy 16.

We turned east at the junction, and then crossed the river again. We traveled parallel to the river for many kilometers.

So, here we go. This highway is ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 1 week ago. under barns , every blooming thing , photography , travel

Leavin' the Country from caledonia quilter

I'm killing time...the last half hour before hubby takes me to Hamilton Airport, to get on the bus to Pearson Airport. In Toronto I'll get on a plane to Heathrow in London.

The bucket list is getting another item crossed off - I'm attending the Birmingham Quilt Festival. Today I made a couple little cord-minders - one each for my phone and tablet.

Two weeks ago I was making little 'project bags' for the Singapore family, who are here visiting. Hubby was kind enough to contribute some very sketchy jeans.

I pieced the outside of the bags on ...

added by helen-mary 3 months, 1 week ago. under birmingham , cord-minder , family , longarm quilting , project bag , quilt festival , travel

Meziadin Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Today we find ourselves in a really beautiful provincial park in British Columbia.

This is the view from our window.

When we left Dease Lake yesterday, Smitty was comfortable in his usual riding chair.

Sadie was enjoying the morning sunshine. We hated to disturb her, but the catio must come down.

In our travels, we've enjoyed the changing of the wildflowers. We started with scads of dandelions.

Moving next to lupine.

From there, the fireweed still blooming in abundance.

And the newest wildflower to make the scene is Indian paintbrush.

We saw just a few ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 1 week ago. under cats , every blooming thing , mindless musings , photography , travel

Meziadin Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Today we find ourselves in a really beautiful provincial park in British Columbia.

This is the view from our window.

When we left Dease Lake yesterday, Smitty was comfortable in his usual riding chair.

Sadie was enjoying the morning sunshine. We hated to disturb her, but the catio must come down.

In our travels, we've enjoyed the changing of the wildflowers. We started with scads of dandelions.

Moving next to lupine.

From there, the fireweed still blooming in abundance.

And the newest wildflower to make the scene is Indian paintbrush.

We saw just a few ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 1 week ago. under cats , every blooming thing , mindless musings , photography , travel

Working in the backyard from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I WAS going to say Rose of Sharon!! I am quite confused about plants, but I believe you are correct! It's hard to believe that my paternal grandfather and mother had green thumbs, yet I struggle to name even a few plants in my garden.

But I was attempting to use my pale green thumbs as I puttered in the garden in the morning. More in a second.

It was another fun day at the Virtual Retreat. Our new hours are 3 PM to approximately 9 PM EST, in case you'd like to join us in the future ...

added by Elaine 3 months, 1 week ago. under applique , backyard , group quilts , lexi , murphy , travel , virtual retreat

Dease Lake, British Columbia, Canada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We traveled some new road yesterday via the Cassiar Highway. Some of you might know it better as British Columbia Hwy 37. We caught one last glimpse of the Teslin River as we drove away.

About a half hour down the road, we stopped at a rest area to use their facilities. We found this map showing where we were headed. We would be stopping in Dease Lake by day's end. We got a chuckle out of "Smithers" to the south there. It's one of Smitty's nicknames.

From the rest area, it was ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 1 week ago. under mindless musings , photography , quilts , travel

Dease Lake, British Columbia, Canada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We traveled some new road yesterday via the Cassiar Highway. Some of you might know it better as British Columbia Hwy 37. We caught one last glimpse of the Teslin River as we drove away.

About a half hour down the road, we stopped at a rest area to use their facilities. We found this map showing where we were headed. We would be stopping in Dease Lake by day's end. We got a chuckle out of "Smithers" to the south there. It's one of Smitty's nicknames.

From the rest area, it was ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 1 week ago. under mindless musings , photography , quilts , travel

Swift River, Yukon Territory, Canada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We took an easy day on Thursday. Now we're rested up and ready to make our way home. From here on, we'll be driving, driving, driving and we'll expect to reach home by August 2nd. There will still be a little bit of summer left for us to enjoy when we reach our own place. For now, we find ourselves in a rustic RV park in Swift River, Yukon Territory. Sorry for such a crappy picture. Sometimes I have to be quick with my shutter finger.

And I was wrong again (hard to ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 1 week ago. under cats , mindless musings , photography , travel

Swift River, Yukon Territory, Canada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We took an easy day on Thursday. Now we're rested up and ready to make our way home. From here on, we'll be driving, driving, driving and we'll expect to reach home by August 2nd. There will still be a little bit of summer left for us to enjoy when we reach our own place. For now, we find ourselves in a rustic RV park in Swift River, Yukon Territory. Sorry for such a crappy picture. Sometimes I have to be quick with my shutter finger.

And I was wrong again (hard to ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 1 week ago. under cats , mindless musings , photography , travel

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