What made you happy today?

[think positive]

Yesterday was a chill day, bit of lunch and shopping in town, then sit by the river with a scotch, a magazine and a camera. Got some great shots of a couple of young deer (no swoop, the bambi kind) and heaps of the mountains as the sun went down.

Today we said goodbye to Jasper, and took off to the Columbia Ice Fields, where we took a tour out onto a glacier (the parks are all protected, this is the only glacier your allowed to walk on), pretty amamzing. Then off to the glass walk in the clouds. Eww, hate heights! But I got out there!

About 5 Klm later, hubby slows real fast, 'bear' he says! And oh my gosh there he was! A black bear munching away on the nature strip, not fussed at all. We backed up and took some pics, and he came over to the car, wound the window up bloody fast, I tell ya! He looked at us for a while, then strolled around the back, he must have smelled the bananas or donuts, and he had a munch on the bumper! Such an unreal experience! Then it was off to the Banff gondola, for some mind blowing views, this place is ginormous! Last day tomorrow, then off to Vancouver for a night before we board the ship through the inside passage, to Seward Alaska! Man I am pinching myself! Cheers

And give the boys a cheer for me please!

[stui magpie]

Columbia ice Fields?

I thought they made Coke in Columbia, not Ice, and that it was in Sth America not Canada.

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Youngest went to see a baseball game in New York, Yankees v Kansas City Royals.

Finally got back paid for the pay rise (7 months back pay of 4.5%) with an ongoing 3% till next April: paid for a fair bit of the trip to Thailand.

Rode to Frankston yesterday (about 90km's) up the short Oliver's Hill & turned around straight away - wow flying down hill is great fun on a bike.

Booked & paid for my place & tent for the Queensland Bike tour this year: Goondiwindi to Gold Coast in September.

[think positive]

Love the atmosphere at the baseball! Seeing the Yankees would be awesome the crowd would be nuts!

And we'll done on all accounts- 90 klm? Ow my cheeks hurt thinking about it

Cheers

[HAL]

Sometimes I think love is just a biological urge. Other times LOVE seems like a spiritual quality. Love, unlike energy or matter, seems limitless.

[think positive]

Sailing through the inside passage, into the sunset, watching huge bald eagles zooming around, and a whale spouts off and breaks the surface! Day turns to night, (at 10.30!) and dancing to shook me all night long with some new friends, simply awesome. Ketchikan tomorrow, I'm still pinching myself! Cheers

(And yes had a couple of cocktails, nice!)

[think positive]

Well Ketchikan was a quaint little town, Juneau today was simply awesome! Went out to a glacier and waterfall, simply spectacular, got some great pics of a bald eagle flying around, I'll post some when I get home. Then we went out on a whale watching boat, one whale pug on what can only be described as a performance! Trying to download the pics, but my laptop decided it's a good time to update! Aghhh! What a day, finished with a tour of the town. I highly recommend Alaska to everybody, it's simply Devine, peaceful, beautiful, mesmerising, cheers, dog sledding tomorrow!

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Went with a friend to see the first night of IOT that is "In Oakleigh Tonight" at the caravan Club at the Oakleigh RSL.

Hosted by John Van De Goes from 3RRR it was a live version of the old TV format of IMT (In Melbourne Tonight)

House band was terrific, guests included the lead singer from Painters & Dockers & the former Lead singer from Frente (Oh we're all getting older) as well as the poetry of Ian Bland and a finishing song of "Got my Mojo Workin" with the house band and the the great voice of Loretta

It had a wheel, one karaoke song which was suprizingly very good. A bit of a talk with each of the singing guests - a variety night that was good fun.

http://www.caravanmusic.com.au/gigs/in-oakleigh-tonight-with-jvg/

The piano accordion player is a classically trained musician from the band "The band who knew too much":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCSjJaKELk

In Oakleigh Tonight is on the first Thursday of every month. Last night was the inaugural show

[ronrat]

[think positive]

Nice WPT love local bands,

And that sounds awesome ronrat, this place is magical, cheers

[Bruce Gonsalves]

[quote="watt price tully"]Went with a friend to see the first night of IOT that is "In Oakleigh Tonight" at the caravan Club at the Oakleigh RSL.

Hosted by John Van De Goes from 3RRR it was a live version of the old TV format of IMT (In Melbourne Tonight)

House band was terrific, guests included the lead singer from Painters & Dockers & the former Lead singer from Frente (Oh we're all getting older) as well as the poetry of Ian Bland and a finishing song of "Got my Mojo Workin" with the house band and the the great voice of Loretta

It had a wheel, one karaoke song which was suprizingly very good. A bit of a talk with each of the singing guests - a variety night that was good fun.

http://www.caravanmusic.com.au/gigs/in-oakleigh-tonight-with-jvg/

The piano accordion player is a classically trained musician from the band "The band who knew too much":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCSjJaKELk

In Oakleigh Tonight is on the first Thursday of every month. Last night was the inaugural show[/quote

Ah, Painters and Dockers Paul Stewart. He has always cracked me up. He was a couple years ahead of me at school, but even then an absolute looney.

Hasn't Oakleigh moved ahead, bought my first house there in '86, was a dive with more rats than shoppers in the main streets back then.

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The dog sledding camp in Skagway was pretty cool, man those dogs are fit and, happily, they obviously are well cared for and very happy dogs! They just can't wait to run.

Yesterday in glacier bay was incredible, and we were very lucky- heard a massive crack and had the camera ready as a huge chunk of glacier broke away and crashed into the ocean. Beautiful to see, but a little sad when you hear how fast they are receding. Last day on the ship, Seward tomorrow, then the train to anchorage, a day there and off to Seattle for a change of pace! Booked to see the boing factory which is apparently mind boggling in size! Cheers

Please give the boys a shout out for me! Go Pies!