Month: June 2011

Yesterday it was time to check out the U of A North Campus. Built just after 1900, many of the original buildings have since been rebuilt, but a few original ones remain. This is a 25-year old temporary wall, originally intended to be part of a new structure that never received funding. So, it got…

So with car in hand (so to speak) yesterday I made my way northward to the High Level Rail, an old-time streetcar trip that lasts about 20 minutes and runs from the Old Strathcona Farmer’s Market (wondering if there’s any relation to the Strathcona in Victoria), around a few bends, through a tunnel and 150…

So I made it! I’m in Edmonton. Just me this time; Joy wishes she could have made it but is keeping the house safe and working a summer job at the world famous IMG tennis academy in Bradenton. Vanessa drove me to the airport at noon yesterday (so she could have some practice driving there;…