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Sunday, August 2, 2009

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Call off the police dogs! I'm back! It seems my traveling days were not quite over. I managed to make another trip upstate NY to camp. Can't you just FEEL the peacefulness from the pic above? Yep, I knew you could. I started that fire with my own two hands, Tarzan style! If you haven't spent the night in a tent, under a tarp, in a teepee, or something other than a wooden or steel structure then consider it your homework to do it!

We also made a delicious meal which included some fantastic wurst I picked up in my local grocery store before I left. There is nothing like a meal cooked over the fire....I can still taste the caramelized onions....mmm...



The next stop was a bit of
"research" for my next show, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE. All the characters are based on real people and are actually pretty accurate. My character, Almanzo Wilder, grew up in upstate New York. We visited this farm on our way to Canada. I'll make a more in depth post about this later. But, here is a picture of one of the barns. It was a BEAUTIFUL day!

And the final stop was in Montreal...oh me oui! We had so much fun in the city that I forgot to take many pictures :) I did manage to snap this one in the Old City section just before sunset. It was fascinating to be able to drive to another country who's official language is English but where everything is French. I know it is normal in Europe to jump from border to border and culture to culture so quickly. However, it is not so easy in America...unless you walk from neighborhood to neighborhood in NYC...then it's even quicker than Europe! haha