Monthly Archives: November 2009

Metric Drill Bits and Canada

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Ian R. Sandy

Every once and while you stumble across something unexpected – take drill bits for example. Canada started to move over to the  ‘metric’ system of weights and measures in 1970 and by 1980 most things people dealt with on a … Continue reading →

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Custer, Little Big Horn and Home

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Ian R. Sandy

Our last stop in the USA was the site of the Little Big Horn Battlefield in Montana, more popularly known as being the site of Custer’s Last Stand. I can remember reading about this at a very early age, and … Continue reading →

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South Dakota and Wyoming

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Ian R. Sandy

As we got closer to home, weather was very much on my mind. I had taken a calculated risk and left Calgary without first putting on snow tires – given the bulk of our driving was going to be in … Continue reading →

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Kentucky’s National Quilt (Museum !) plus Dillon’s

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Ian R. Sandy

Leaving Rotary Recycle, we continued north through Tennessee’s rolling hills and cotton fields, through Nashville and into Kentucky. We had debated (very briefly) stopping in Nashville to see a few of the sights, but neither of us is even slightly … Continue reading →

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Barber Museum and Rotary Recycle

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Ian R. Sandy

Leaving New Orleans,we headed north out of Louisiana, through Mississippi and then into Alabama to the site of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum which is located about halfway between the city of Birmingham and the Talladega racetrack. As we drove … Continue reading →

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New Orleans and Oak Alley Plantation

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Ian R. Sandy

I’ve been to New Orleans many times on business, but this was the first time visiting as a tourist. We stayed at a very nice old hotel/condo complex in the French Quarter called – appropriately – The Quarter House. Much … Continue reading →

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