Oh. My. God. How did I miss this! Wayne Gretzkey, “The Great One” is now 51 years old. Born January 26, 1961
Reblogging in honour of the Great One’s birthday. Hunky!
Road trip is actually done and dusted.
Ok, so according to this I’ve been stuck in Newfoundland for the last 5 months. The reality of it all is I got burnt out and ill so when I finally drove home on September 26th (my dad’s birthday) I decided to take a break from posting.
For a really long time.
So long that I sort of got embarrassed to come back. But hey, I’m done!
This is what my odometer read as I turned into my parents driveway in Toronto on that faithfull day: 133,413 km (that’s 82,899 miles for you non-metric folk).
So let’s recap a little: when I left home on Thursday May 12th with my dad and drove across to west coast Canada by way of the US. my odometer read 97,533 km (or 60,604 miles) that day. This means I drove a total of 35,880 km this summer (or 22,295 miles)!
What is the actual length of the Trans-Canada Highway? 8,030 km/4,990 miles. Granted I had to drive across the country twice, but what the heck was I doing that I actually drove over 4 times the distance of this country!
When in Trinity, NL I was fortunate enough to meet boat maker extraordinaire and 2007 Order of Newfoundland recipient Henry Vokey.
Icebergs in September? Either a really beautiful once in a lifetime phenomenon or the world is in really big trouble.
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to “The Maple Highway,” a travel journal from the road as I drive across Canada from Victoria, British Columbia to St. John’s Newfoundland. As a Canadian I’ve always been attracted to adventure, travel and maple syrup products. However like many Canadians have barely toured much of my own country. This project (made possible thanks to a Canada Council for the Arts Grant) is a return to my roots as I seek to learn more about my country.
I’ve got the theme to the Littlest Hobo set as my ring-tone and in the words of the great Gordon Lightfoot: Carefree Highway, let me slip away, slip away on you.
Psssst!
I’m open to your suggestions as where and what to visit. If you have any good ideas or would like to invite me for supper please don’t hesitate to contact me. I’ll be traveling a straight shoot from the west coast to the east so hopefully I’ll be passing through your neck of the woods at some point along the way.
Please email me what Canada means to you and your reasons for loving Canada at mapledipped@gmail.com
ABOUT ME:
Toronto born, I moved to New York in 1997 to study documentary photography at the International Center of Photography. While I work for various international magazines, it’s what I shoot in my down time that inspires me. My first monograph, “America Swings,” was published by TASCHEN and recently Editions Intervalles published my second book, “California Dreaming.” I currently live in Brooklyn and when I can find the time to pretend to relax I enjoy singing karaoke and cuddling with my cats Meredith Baxter Birney and Mittens.
