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We’ve been really busy since arriving in Quebec…  I haven’t had a chance to post any entries on here!

Day 11 was an interesting day for us…  We decided to put our new GPS to the ultimate test and take it for a ride right into the heart of New York City… Manhattan Island.  We’ve never been there before, so this was an amazing experience for both of us.  We set our destination as the Staten Island Ferry terminal at the south end of Manhattan, and let the GPS guide us there.  We had a couple small mixups due to myself missing a turn here and there, but the GPS was always quick to recalculate our route and get us right back on track.  We wasted little time getting to the south end of Manhattan…  Traffic was surprisingly light this Tuesday afternoon.

After arriving at our destination, we drove around looking for a place to park, and finally found one where you give them the keys and let them do all the work… The price was $27 per hour… and was in line with the other places we saw downtown…  VERY expensive!

We then walked about 6 blocks to the Staten Island Ferry terminal.  The Staten Island Ferry is a free ferry that runs very frequent (about every 15 minutes) and very cheap (free!) from the south end of Manhattan to Staten Island.  As it pulls away from the dock, you get a great view of Manhattan…  and then during the trip it passes nearby Liberty Island which is the location of the Statue of Liberty.  We snapped several pictures of the city and the statue, and then enjoyed the rest of the trip.

Upon arriving at Staten Island, we quickly moved through the terminal back to the boarding area, and hopped on the next ferry back to Manhattan Island without even waiting.  We rode the ferry back, and snapped a picture of one of the other ferries as we cruised by.

Once back at the dock, we returned to the building we parked at, and took a great picture of Wall Street along the way.

We then instructed the GPS to take us to Albany, New York, and quickly left Manhattan behind, again with very little traffic for 5:30 PM!

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So I promised an announcement today… and here it is!

As I mentioned in the previous post, we visited the Grand Canyon yesterday…

What I didn’t mention, was that I took this opportunity to ask Chantale to marry me… And she said yes!  So now it is official!  Here’s a shot of her new ring enjoying the view of the Grand Canyon from the spot where I asked the question…

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Our second day of traveling has been fairly uneventful…  We tried to make up time lost the day before so we’d be closer to Vegas…

First thing, we stopped at Wal-Mart in Helena and loaded up with some food…  That place has everything!  And it’s sure handy having a 12V Cooler in the car so we can prepare food on the way, instead of spending a bunch of money on fast food.

The path through Idaho and Utah was extremely scenic as we got into the mountains…  The van was having a hard time climbing some of those hills!

We stopped for lunch at a rest area that had a nearby trail, called “Hell’s Half Acre”, so we walked around that and snapped a few pictures of what was a lava flow a few thousand years ago… Pretty interesting to see all the hardened lava and holes where the rock was so heavy that it caved into the ground below…

We plan to head into Vegas today (Monday) and check out the sights…  We will upload more pictures when we get there!

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Yep, it’s a new toy all right…  stay tuned, I’ll tell you more about it later… for now I just thought I’d put up some drool-worthy pics

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This is a test post to see if stuff is showing up.

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Chantale took a vacation in July (without me!) and visited her family in Quebec…  You can view the pictures by clicking on the album link below:

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Sorry, no pictures this time!

Since the start of summer, we haven’t done a lot of work in the basement.  We did get a few things done though…  I cut the rest of the baseboards, and installed the remaining door on the laundry room.  We’ve got a few things left:

• Paint the baseboards and install them
• Patch the crown molding
• Install window frames and trim
• Install door trim on the bathroom and laundry room
• Install a light in the laundry room
• Finish the closet in the bathroom (Shelves and doors)
• Flooring on the stairs
• Trim on the stairs
• Handrail on the stairs
• Paint the wall in the bathroom upstairs and in the stairwell

That’s it!  Once those things are done, the project will be complete!  As you can see, the list is large, but the tasks are small.  I will probably work on these things over the winter, and have a nice big party (?) in the spring!

I’ve got a few more tasks lined up for next year.  We plan to have the tree removed from the front yard, landscaping done to level it out, and new sod or seed planted.  I also plan to move the fence by the garage back about 20 feet to move the cement pad inside the yard, and build a chain link kennel run alongside it.  I also would like to replace the fence on the north side of the yard, but I will have to talk to our neighbours about that one!

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As it turns out, Mia is no longer Mia.  (S)he turned out to have certain qualities that are not really required when sporting such a feminine name as Mia.  So now, although we have recognized that Mia is in fact a male, I am having trouble breaking the habit of calling her (HIM!) Mia.  Her (HIS!) new name is now Monkey, according to Chantale anyways.  HE had a brief stint as a “Sammy”, but that didn’t work out for unknown reasons.  So now, the feline who was formerly known as Mia, and had a brief moment as Sammy, is now formally known as Monkey.

I swear, this cat is going to have an identity crisis… poor thing.

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We have acquired a new cat! Her name is Mia, and she’s quite the cat… she is coloured very much like a Siamese cat, but isn’t a full blown Siamese. She’s very friendly, although her claws do tend to get in the way every now and then. She enjoys spending time with Max, playing with Sasha, and watching the fish!

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