It is great to be able to feature a second entry from Syd Blackwell in the 2017 Travel Highlights Competition. If you missed the five fabulous travel stories he entered in our 2017 Travel Stories Competition, you can catch up with them (and many other stories beside) on the 2017 Travel Stories page.
ROAD TRIP (CANADIAN STYLE)
On the last morning of school in Dawson Creek, we turned in keys and collected paycheques. At 1pm, Byron and I joined Laddie for cards and beers. At 2pm, Byron said, “I should have taken you boys home to Newfoundland this summer.” At 2:30, Laddie and Byron went to break the news to their girlfriends that the boys were going on a road trip. I went to find a cat-sitter. At 4:30, Annie looked sad, Byron looked apologetic because Cheryl was packed and joining us, and my cat knew nothing. Seven days, 5943 kilometers later, we were in Newfoundland.
On the last morning of school in Dawson Creek, we turned in keys and collected paycheques. At 1pm, Byron and I joined Laddie for cards and beers. At 2pm, Byron said, “I should have taken you boys home to Newfoundland this summer.” At 2:30, Laddie and Byron went to break the news to their girlfriends that the boys were going on a road trip. I went to find a cat-sitter. At 4:30, Annie looked sad, Byron looked apologetic because Cheryl was packed and joining us, and my cat knew nothing. Seven days, 5943 kilometers later, we were in Newfoundland.
Syd Blackwell
I lived in British Columbia, Canada´s western province, for most of my life. I was a teacher, and a college employee (various roles - instruction, recruitment, promotion, counselling, research), before re-inventing myself as an innkeeper. I designed and had built my B&B inn in Revelstoke, which I operated for nine years. At age 60, my wife and I retired to Uruguay, where we have lived for more than a decade. Innside Stories is my first published book. I have extensive writing experience in Canada, and in Uruguay, I wrote 75 articles for a now defunct online magazine called Ola Uruguay. We live in Villa Argentina, a suburb of Atlántida, on the coast of Uruguay. We have five dogs.
I lived in British Columbia, Canada´s western province, for most of my life. I was a teacher, and a college employee (various roles - instruction, recruitment, promotion, counselling, research), before re-inventing myself as an innkeeper. I designed and had built my B&B inn in Revelstoke, which I operated for nine years. At age 60, my wife and I retired to Uruguay, where we have lived for more than a decade. Innside Stories is my first published book. I have extensive writing experience in Canada, and in Uruguay, I wrote 75 articles for a now defunct online magazine called Ola Uruguay. We live in Villa Argentina, a suburb of Atlántida, on the coast of Uruguay. We have five dogs.
