I can't think of a more enjoyable way to spend a beautiful fall afternoon in New York City than wandering through Central Park - watching people, photographing autumn leaves and collecting the information to log some geocaches. We exited the park along Museum Mile, where the cost of leasing a spot for a hotdog stand …
Flying towards the distant lights of New York City, I thought about our last visit to the "City that Never Sleeps", eighteen years ago. We brought our (then) six-month old, his stroller and all the other paraphernalia that seems to accumulate around babies like the cloud of dust that floats along with Pig-Pen. Flash-forward eighteen …
Our fourth and final day of programming at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre was fantastic! It was a beautiful, sunny and very comfortable day. Right after breakfast, all 96 students, 4 teachers, principal and 6 parent volunteers boarded skiffs to cross over to West Bamfield for a slightly longer walk to Brady's Beach. We spent …
By the second morning at Bamfield, the grade 9 students had long since worked out that there was generally an advantage to being at the front of the food line. The food was a little hotter and they had their choice of tables - not insignificant given that some had ocean views while others provided …
One Sunday morning in late September, Mr. GeoK dropped K and I at the Calgary International Airport a few minutes before 6 o'clock. A throng of grade 9 students (and their parents) already crowded the WestJet check-in area. Shortly after we joined the mass, boarding passes were distributed. Once all the members of group 6 …