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Author Archives: Ian R. Sandy
Metric Drill Bits and Canada
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
Posted in Rant
Tagged canada, Canadian Tire, GT750, Home Depot, metric drill bits, Princess Auto, RONA, Suzuki
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Custer, Little Big Horn and Home
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
South Dakota and Wyoming
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
Kentucky’s National Quilt (Museum !) plus Dillon’s
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
Posted in Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged Dillon Brothers Motorsports, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Suzuki
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New Orleans and Oak Alley Plantation
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
Houston and Sirius
We had a great visit with friends and former colleagues in Houston, and I also managed a bit of shopping while SWMBO’d visited the international quilt show being held at the George Brown Convention Centre. This show is an annual … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged 16H, Harbour Freight, Houston, International Quilt Show, Norton, radio, Sirius, Xm
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The Alamo
We arrived in San Antonio in the pouring rain for one reason only – to see The Alamo. I can still remember watching the Walt Disney mini-series called “Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier” which aired in the late … Continue reading
Roswell and Carlsbad
We continued our journey onwards from Yellowstone Park in Wyoming, through Teton National Forest and then the high plains desert areas in the south of Wyoming. While the area through to the Colorado border has a stark beauty, it is … Continue reading
Yellowstone
We recently had an opportunity to do a driving trip into the central/midwest area of the USA to attend the International Quilt Show, held each year in Houston. This show is probably the largest quilt show in the world, and … Continue reading