We went biking last weekend–Benj, his friend David, and I–on trails near South Haven, Michigan. The Kal-Haven trail goes for more than 30 miles from Kalamazoo to South Haven. We went on just a short portion out of South Haven. The Van Buren trai…
West German pop star Udo Lindenberg wanted to sing in East Germany, but was refused. In 1983 he wrote “Sonderzug nach Pankow” (to the tune of “Chatanooga Choo-choo”) as an ironic appeal to DDR head Erich Honnecker (referred to as “Erich Honey”). 1…
Day 19 & 20 – We drove in one day from Winnipeg down to Iowa City, where we relaxed and exchanged opinions with Barby and Bucky. Back home to Goshen–total mileage: 6188 miles.
Days 19 – On Sunday we visited with lots of Reimers – at church (Ridgewood), at Jesse & Menno’s house, and a big cousin gathering at Merv and Velma’s. No pictures, except from a brief visit with Aunt Elisabeth.
Day 17 & 18 – We stayed with Allen and Marina in Blumenort. A load of young turkey poults had just arrived, and Mike showed us around. Saturday we were with Aunt Sarah, and at the Manitoba Museum, and visiting with Dale and Darlene.
Days 15 & 16 – We drove largely along Canada’s Highway 1–the Trans-Canada Highway–from Banff, stopping overnight in Moosejaw, on our way to Manitoba. In Banff National Park bridges like these have been constructed connecting forest on either sid…
Day 15 – We left BC for Alberta. Mike had recommended the dinosaur museum in Drumheller (close to Calgary). Though maybe 50% of us were lukewarm towards dinosaurs, we stopped. The Royal Tyrrell Museum had a vast collection of dramatically displaye…
Day 14 – We drove to Morraine Lake, arriving by 8:30. This turned out to be good enough that we were the first ones up to the pass for the day. (We saw numerous hikers on the way back). The hike (12 km R/T, 730 m) ascended through pine-filled vall…
Day 13 – We bid farewell to Mike, Christine and Lyra, who returned to Vancouver. We drove another half hour to Banff National Park and found a campsite at Lake Louise. The whole tenting area of the campsite is surrounded with a 10000 Volt anti-bea…
Day 12 – Mike had arranged a hike up into the Mt. Stephen shale. This is a UNESCO world heritage site and hikers are only allowed into the area in the company of a guide. The richest Cambrian mud deposits are further restricted (you’ll see a chain…