Today Tamar (my sister) and I tested out my new GPS (Oregon 450) and found a few geocaches. We explored Central Park in Burnaby again and the new unit worked wonderfully. It took a little getting used to, but the features are easy-to-use and proving very, very handy. We took a few photos, too: There…
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Vancouver!
The leaves are just turning… Flat Katherine and I arrived in Vancouver yesterday and were utterly exhausted. This is one mighty big country and travelling from one side to the other is a full day of travel. Once we got her, we met my sister Tamar (who is due to have that baby today and…
En route to Vancouver
Flat Katherine and I are underway! We got up insanely early and got to the airport with more than enough time to spare. Flat Katherine was quite calm during take-off, but got very excited when we got above the lights of St. John’s an was positively giddy when we flew over her beloved town of…
Introducing “Flat Katherine”
Meet Flat Katherine: Flat Katherine is a variant on “Flat Stanley (wikipedia link)”, which I first encountered as an idea during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The Flat Stanley Project is a literacy endeavour based on the books about Stanley Lambchop, a flattened child who can go virtually anywhere because of his two-dimensionality. During the Olympics,…
