I Dream of Sailing South

Buying a sailboat in Canada is not simple! Last summer I took my "Day Captain" course. Unfortunately our course time was cut short due to covid measures and of course, the weather. The instructor promised to wrap up the course with me this year...

Cheap hosting!

The nitty gritty This is a static html blog generated by Pelican. I host on AWS and make good use of the various AWS services to keep organized and to keep costs low. For less than $5 monthly I keep all my content and code in an AWS-hosted repo and …

Slide Lake Loop, Frontenac Provincial Park

Looking way ahead to Fall I haven't done the Slide Lake Loop in Frontenac in years. I've been exercising a lot lately (especially today - good snowshoeing!) and I want to make sure I have some goals set so I know what I'm working for. The last...

Around the world, as slowly as possible!

Were it not for the pandemic My plan was to already be on the road by now. Instead I'm stuck at home. Not only that but it snowed about a foot today but I am neck-deep in work. Hopefully I'll get to go out and play a little later. To …

Other ski hills

More hills! This is my list of other hills nearby. The plan being I can make posts about them and link back here as I get them done. If I get them done! Nova Scotia Ski Wentworth Ski Martock Ski Ben Eoin New Brunswick Crabbe Mountain Quebec City...

Ski time

It's ski time Ok this is all pretty optimistic, but I did just manage to get some new ski equipment. Well, new-to-me. The boots look mostly unused and the skis are definitely newer than my old ones. The plan is to take it out and try Ski...