From sky to sea to island

We woke up very early on the 16th with barely any sleep from our shared night in Donnie and begun our trip down the mountains and to the Pacific.
Other than our overnight stay in Kamloops the firstЧитать далее
Jasper

Next up we arrived at our campsite in Jasper- just as beautiful and less touristy. Usually when we went driving, there would be a lineup of parked cars, watching some animal do it's thing at the sideЧитать далее
BANFF

Ok ok so I know it's been an age since we last posted- if you don't know why already, the reason will become clear in a later post. So after leaving our second WWOOF and their gorj lake house, weЧитать далее
The laziest lake you've ever laked at...

If you are ever in the kootenays; visit lazy lake. It is serene; and we were lucky enough to stay at the most beautiful property on the lake, the iconic forest green A frame.
Our day began with aЧитать далее
Getting to work in Wycliff

Our days with Steve and Ally at our second WWOOF were never dull- filled with hard work in the garden, games of Sorry and bocce balls (bowls for the British among you), live music and beer. Lots ofЧитать далее
Into the Rockies...

We awoke early on the 23rd, eager to begin what everyone had told us is the most beautiful part of the cross-canada drive.
It was ... Gorgeous. We just passed Banff when I realised we needed to fillЧитать далее
Calgary and Madeleine!

After visiting the conservation site, we rushed over to a local bar in a small town to watch the Vancouver vs Edmunton ice hockey game (we have truly gone native) in the dingiest and creepiest barЧитать далее
Bye bye Manitoba - Hello Saskatchewan!

With Donnie all packed and ready to go, we left Roseisle, and began our journey through the Prairies.
The first day of driving was completely uneventful, but we were once again dazzled by theЧитать далее
Roseisle Sauna 14-19th May

The second half of our WWOOF passed peacefully: we were properly settled and working away to help the family maintain their property. Some highlights include:
- once the hosts got to know me better,Читать далее
Such Silence

As deep as I ever went into the forest
I came upon an old stone bench, very, very old,
And around it a clearing, and beyond that
Trees taller and older than I had ever seen.
Such silence!
It reallyЧитать далее
Roseisle Sauna 8-13th May

Foreword: for the adventures at our Wwoof's we will be posting once every 3-4 days because our location isn't changing and we just aren't taking as many pictures.
For the entirety of our first dayЧитать далее
Day 6- Goodbye Ontario, Hello Manitoba!

We woke up in Thunder Bay and followed Barbra's advice and went to a sauna at the Finnish baths and had Finnish pancakes for breakfast! This was a perfect way to start the day and the sauna soothedЧитать далее
Day 5 - Driving to Thunder Bay

After a distinctly cold and uncomfortable night in Donnie Dodges belly, we decided to take the morning easy: we did sun salutations towards the sun and had lunch on the beach, before re-packing DonnieЧитать далее
Day 4- Driving to Pancake Bay

After yet another delicious meal we packed up and said goodbye to Barb, Curtis, Randy, Nancy and beautiful Manitoulin Island.
We drove 4 and a half hours to the 'city' of Sault St Marie and the vibesЧитать далее
Day 3 - Manitoulin Island

We started our day with a hearty breakfast with our new friends and ventured out into the island. Within minutes the fog cleared and it was like we had travelled to a different manitoulin! Our twoЧитать далее
Day 2- Manitoulin Island

Ok buckle up, because day 2 was a day of miracles. It started completely unassumimgly; we were up and packed in time for the 8:30 ferry to Manatoulin Island. We bought ourselves breakfast and got toЧитать далее
Day 1 - Bruce Peninsula

Hello hello to everyone near and far! Here's your one stop shop for everything Hillis and Ellie for the next four months. Here goes:
We awoke to a lovely sunny Toronto bidding us farewell and withЧитать далее
The Crap has been officialy Cleared!

We did it! Hooray!!! We emptied and consolidated the 5 metroself storage units into just one! Task complete ✅.
We began our final day of clearing with a home visit, as mum had filled the house withЧитать далее
All that's left is trash...

Today is the penultimate day of clearing the units!
We started by going through the final boxes that we thought might have things to donate and we found some real treats (see owl, old rusty sheepЧитать далее
The day we saw the back of 2033

Well, today was actually a good day moodwise. We managed to keep our morale high throughout the day, and I put it down to water intake, which was more purposefull today and regulated.
Our goal todayЧитать далее
Jeez its been a while.

Hey squad, sorry for the radio silence, it's been a rough first two days back and I seriously have taken very few pictures for y'all.
Yesterday (Monday) we cleared out the 2nd downers grove unit, andЧитать далее
Mister is alive!!

Dear readers,
I am happy to inform you that mister has not been put down today! The vet said his condition had significantly increased since she last saw him and yes, he will still have bad days, butЧитать далее
The weekend off

It bloody started snowing today out of no where!
It honestly started off as a pretty normal sunny warm day, and we thought my weather app was dead wrong when it said it would be snowing by 4pm. ButЧитать далее
1 downers grove unit down; 1 more to go!

Having sorted the three units closest to us, we made the journey all the way to the distant land of downers grove, to work on the two much older units over yonder.
This one was far dustier, yet wasЧитать далее
Finishing off 54-64-38

So today we cleared the three units nearest to us; these are the three units that I thought it would take us the whole 2 weeks to finish! And we did it in just 4 days! Yay us!
We arrived at the unitsЧитать далее
A day of great success

Oh lordie today was a good day.
It started with us finishing the clean out of unit 54 and doing a bit of 64 too and sorting through some things. (We found our mascot!)
We then dropped it off and gotЧитать далее
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Ellie is a puppy magnet!
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