iSean

my family is set to leave for Canada in less than a week. today i should be receiving a new GPS (Garmin 60CSx) unit (if Fedex tracking is working correctly). this trip is largely about Geocaching. we’ll be staying at the Water Tower Inn in Sault Ste Marie, Canada and venturing out from there. we’ll be in Canada for 4 days, but i am going to make sure that we spend at least one day in the beautiful Lake Superior Provincial Park (i don’t believe geocaching is allowed in the provincial parks, but that won’t stop us from hiking and enjoyed the scenery). As we leave Canada we’ll cross the Mackinac Bridge and then get on a ferry taking us to Mackinac Island. this is a beautiful island where motorized vehicles are prohibited. people either bike, walk, or use horses to get to various places on the island. i believe biking around the entire island is only an 8 mile adventure, so it’s a relatively small island. bike rentals are quite expensive, so my family will be hiking from our hotel to various entertainment spots (unless i can get a 4-bike rack installed on the car by next week). we’ll also do some geocaching on the island while we’re there. this should be a neat adventure and a chance for me to explore a technology with kids to better evaluate and experience the educational application (see, i had to tie this into my blog). ;~)

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