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Our journey begins in Halifax
airport where I met everyone's' favorite confiscated stuffed tiger. |
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Heading to Fredericton. |
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The Beachcraft 1900 aka The
Eggbeater. |
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During this trip we coined the
phrase "Bug Tussle", a line from the Beverly Hillbillies which means a small run-down town. |
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Fredericton Airport - Bug
Tussle. |
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The elegant Lord Beaverbrook
Hotel. Our residence for the next 3 days. |
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Unfortunately, it wasn't as
elegant as I hope. (Yes, we stayed at this place!) Bug Tussle! |
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The old armory. |
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A dorky picture coming up.... |
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A tad more civilized. |
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In memory of those who fell... |
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In disrespect of those who
fell... |
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If it can be ridden... |
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I will ride it. |
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ditto... |
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old barracks |
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Tim Horton's is so popular that
they need street signs in Fredericton. Bug Tussle! |
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The usual food eating picture. |
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It can be contagious. |
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funny name |
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We actually walked into this
mall and searched for 5 minutes for a Shoppers Drug Mart. Then we
turned around and saw the enormous sign. |
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Back at the hotel just in time
for the Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres game 2 |
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GOAL!!! |
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The rest of the game left
little to be desired... (Buffalo 2 - Ottawa 1) |
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Midland Canada, where we were
to take our repeater training course training course training
course... Bug Tussle! |
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Regent Mall - The main mall in
Fredericton. Basically Bug Tussle! |
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After 20 minutes of looking this was the best sign I could
find for UNB... Bug Tussle! |
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With the training out of the
way we decided to pay a visit to some ports in the area. |
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I decided to play a game of
adding carrots after each stop. 1 carrot |
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The Customs Port of Fosterville,
NB. |
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2 carrots |
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The Customs Port of Forest City,
NB. |
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3 carrots |
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The Customs Port of Woodstock,
NB. |
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4 carrots |
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Lunch time! |
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This was very cool. A Subway
with a drive-thru window! |
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5 carrots |
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The Customs Port of Centreville,
NB. |
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6 carrots |
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The most popular attraction New
Brunswick has to offer... Bug Tussle! |
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7 carrots... ok that's enough! |
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A highway sign sent us looking
for the World's Largest Axe. We had some trouble spotting it. |
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Good thing there was a sign.
The axe must not be that big. |
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Meh... I expected it to be
bigger. |
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Back at the hotel and just in
time for game 3 of Ottawa vs Buffalo |
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GOAL!! |
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1-1 tie! |
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GOAL!! |
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2 - 2 tie! |
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The rest of the game left
little to be desired... (Buffalo 3 - Ottawa 2) |
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At the airport heading home I
figured I'd catch up on some paperwork... |
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...or not. |
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Flight delayed in Fredericton.
Halifax stopover now taking 5 hours! Nooooo! |
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To make up for it we got bumped
to executive class. This experience must be fully documented. |
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Back on the Eggbeater. |
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The steel doors leading into
the executive lounge! |
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Complete with free everything! |
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I was designed for this type of
living. |
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Back in Ottawa. Its good to be
home. |