Photos from Road



Seeing this sign a lot!


Thunder Bay Mayor Keith Hobbs


The Sleeping Giant


Thunder Bay:  Looking East to Superior


Hoito means "care" in Finnish


The host who can do it all -- at Hoito for Finnish breakfast


A bygone era......in T-Bay


Live on CBC Thunder Bay radio
Afternoon show Journey North with Cathy Alex


The Big Fish (Thunder Bay)

Bus from Lethbridge to Brandon (via Calgary)


Smoke break for some in Southern Alberta
Hour 2 of 23 on way to Brandon!
Leaving Lethbridge
This is maybe why they call it LethBRIDGE?
The Lethbridge folks
Hosts!  Sonny, Mickey and Tseten
Thanks so much.....
Ryan from Immigrant Services on right -- they hosted us in the Boardroom
Our facility hosts - thanks Lethbridge Immigrant Services!
Tseten let me couch surf and hosted me at her place

Great sign eh?

On the way to Lethbridge

 

Scenery to Lethbridge
Scenery from the bus to Lethbridge
 How could I resist?

The Alberta oil riches....

 Another Vulcan, Alberta tourist point

Yes, they brand their town!
Bus from Calgary to Lethbridge - just over 3 hours


Great names eh?

Calgary Bus Terminal

Calgary Bus Terminal

Calgary Saddledome


Calgary skyline from bus

Distant Calgary skyline from bus
Passing through Red Deer
The Red Deer Man

Red Deer

View from my seat - Edmonton to Calgary
Scenery - Edmonton to Calgary
Bygone Days - I would take the train if there was one

Sign of the times

Go South young man

Express is still 3 hours plus
Mitchell James in Edmonton (an old friend who hosted me
for a month in Rome on my last sabbatical)

Michael Phair - Edmonton


Dr. Lise Gottell, University of Alberta



Edmonton couch surfing - Harry Meimaroglou

Edmonton hospitality -- delicious meals by Gerry Meimaroglou

Saskatoon to Edmonton - overnight!


Gens Hellquist -- an old friend who is still going strong for GLBT rights in Saskatchewan.
Gens has also published "Perceptions" for 29 plus years.  A queer icon!
 Mystery of bus ticket from Regina to Sk'toon

 Big sky country

Prairie sunset - road to Saskatoon

 Regina to Saskatoon


 Regina folks

Great meeting with TransSask founder Mikayla Schultz
New Regina bus terminal


 Leaving Winnipeg - 11:30 PM Saturday, April 16....to Regina
Km 3069


No trip to Winnipeg is complete without seeing the Golden Boy



Remember the prairies -- it is flooding season
Here is "Duff's Ditch" - the most celebrated part of Winnipeg this time of year



The rising Red River


Steps at the Main Street Bridge next to St. Boniface General Hospital




The Winnipeg Free Press shot -- in St. Boniface actually!
Clink full story at:   http://bit.ly/e5ils0



The Launch -- with 18 people at Rainbow Resource Centre


Half of Winnipeg's Group of 5!



View from my train window -- for 2 days!
Got to love Northern Ontario (which I do)

The end of the line at the beginning
Hornepayne, Ontario



Leaving Ottawa - April 3, 2011
Mile 1 - Kilometre 1


Ottawa Citizen photo (Chris Mikula)
Full story at:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/David+Pepper+plans+saving+persecuted+GLBT+refugee+city+time/4604625/story.html?cid=megadrop_story