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  • Maui 2021. Week 1 (and a bit)

    Now that the world is getting back to normal, we are traveling again! In October 2020 we were booked to go to New Zealand but, of course, everything was shut down due to CoVid. So we postponed (like the rest of the world) travel for a year. Summer 2021 rolls around and Kris and Dave…

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  • Back in Winnipeg

    Our time in Churchill is over but we have a day and a half in Winnipeg. We are back at the Inn at the Forks, which is a great location to wander around and enjoy the Forks food and funky shops. We had planned to visit the Museum of Human Rights but they are closed…

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  • Tundra Buggy Tour

    Tundra Buggies are custom built for the terrain up here. 66” tires (the same as Monster Trucks) and 2 speed low geared transmissions. Add in some semi trailer air suspension and a box for people and you’re done. Over the years they’ve been tinkered with and Wally (the owner of Lazy Bear Adventures) is definitely…

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  • AquaGliding and Churchill Town

    Tourists are no longer allowed to swim or snorkel with the beluga whales in the river, so some creative guide came up with AquaGliding. One might wonder what AquaGliding actually is. We kind of did too. Well it’s a thick foam mat that is towed behind a zodiac. You sit or lay on the mat…

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  • Hudson Bay Boat Trip

    Today we headed back out on the Sam Hearn for a 6 hour Hudson Bay tour. We were given survival suits (sometimes known as Gumby Suits) as we are headed out into open ocean and it is expected to be a bit chilly. We hadn’t even made it out of the estuary before we saw…

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  • Polar Bears and Belugas

    We started our day kayaking with the beluga whales in the estuary of the Churchill River where it empties into Hudson Bay. There were so many whales, it was hard to decide where to look. The bright white moms are still quite protective of their dark gray babies and don’t really want to play. But…

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  • Churchill

    We were supposed be taking this trip at the end of August 2020 for Dave’s 50th birthday. Given the year of Covid and all the disruptions that have come with that, Lazy Bear Lodge in Churchill had to make some adjustments. One of those was cancelling our dates and asking us to move back to…

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  • New York Day 6 – Brooklyn

    On our last day we negotiated a 3pm check out so that we could go exploring and not have to leave our luggage anywhere.  Since out flight home wasn’t until 6pm we had a decent amount of time.  We headed over to DUMBO in Brooklyn.  There are some fun acronyms for places here.  DUMBO stands…

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  • New York Day 5 – New York Skyscrapers

    We headed back out on the subway to see some of the tall buildings of New York.  There are a few! The Empire State Building is probably the most famous.  We headed there first to try to avoid long line-ups. The Empire State is the ‘nickname’ of New York State.  The Empire State Building was…

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  • New York Day 4 – Museum of Natural History and Central Park

    We got to start a bit later today as the American Museum of Natural History doesn’t even open till 10am. We walked a few blocks to the subway only to find weekend track maintenance had closed the access to that line at our station. Oops – we had to detour via another train down to…

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