Jun 22nd, 2010
On the wish list – A Roadtrek Camper Van, perhaps one about ten years old with low mileage. We like the Roadtrek 190. We used to camp in a van, but outgrew it when the kids came along. The kids have flown the nest and we are looking for a van again. We aren’t [...]
Genealogy globe trotting, this time to Burbank California for the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree. My posts about this adventure are over on my Luxegen.ca Genealogy and Family History Webpage. Tombstone Tuesday – Jamboree Evergreen Cemetery Tour Jamboree Jogging 2010 – Part 1 Jamboree Jogging 2010 – Part 2 More Genealogy Nuggets – Jamboree Jogging [...]
Mar 30th, 2010
The Auckland Museum is not to be missed. On our second day we walked through the park from our hotel (The Quadrant Hotel located beside the University of Auckland) to the museum. It was about a half hour walk, maybe less, most of it through the gardens surrounding the museum. There is an excellent Maori show [...]
Suprisingly the jetlag isn’t to bad flying into New Zealand. At least not from our part of the world in western Canada. We left Calgary via Vancouver on March 17 and arrived in Auckland on March 19. It was a 14 hour direct flight from Vancouver to Auckland and we crossed the international date line (and [...]
Feb 2nd, 2010
Mesa Family History Expo January 22 & 23, 2010 found us in Mesa Arizona for a family history expo. I’m big into genealogy (see my Luxegen Genealogy blog) and this was a chance to combine two of my passions – travel and genealogy! We flew into Las Vegas (cheap flights to Vegas from Calgary) then [...]