Cross Canada Adventure -- Prologue
Brad is leaving Ontario and is moving to
Victoria, British Columbia -- by car. It's a roughly 4500km trek, and Brad will
be blogging his travels along the way.
As mentioned in a previous blog entry, I'll be
starting studies towards my Masters of Science in Computer Science (and perhaps
beyond) at this University of Victoria this September. Which is great, except
that I currently live in Bolton, Ontario (near
Toronto).
Now there are a few ways to get from Toronto to Victoria, however there is only one good way to make the trek and get close and intimate with Canada and it's people (and get there in reasonable time), and that's to drive. Besides which, it's also the most cost effective way to get both myself and my car there.
So I've been spending the last few weeks preparing my vehicle for the trip. It's a capable car: a 1997 Chevrolet Lumina sedan LS. It has a good 6 cylinder engine, and only just recently passed 140 000 km. It's been to the mechanic for fluid changes, basic maintenance, and a full safety check. I have installed a 300W DC to AC inverter for charging and powering my various devices. I've bought a FM transmitter for my iPod (as there are a lot of stretches on the Trans-Canada Highway where there is little or no radio reception, and I don't want to have to burn MP3 CDs to listen to the various podcasts I subscribe to). I have a filled 20L gas can in the trunk, and a 10L water jug. There are bottles of motor oil and engine coolant in there as well. The back seat has a case of Coke and a few boxes of granola bars.
Okay -- a few minor notes. Technically, I'm not trekking across Canada. I'm not driving through Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, or Quebec. So my apologies to my friends and the good people in these Provinces for being a bit loose with my titling of this series of blog entries. However, in my defence, I have driven from Toronto to all of these Provinces (except Newfoundland) in the past, driving this same vehicle -- it was just in my pre-blog days, and I've just had a really lengthy stop-over in Toronto. Also, I have no idea of when or where I'll have internet access, so these blog entries may not be posted in a timely manner. I'll try to enter them into iBlog on a daily basis, but I may not be able to upload them every day. Sorry -- can't be helped.
I'm ready, so let the trek begin!
Now there are a few ways to get from Toronto to Victoria, however there is only one good way to make the trek and get close and intimate with Canada and it's people (and get there in reasonable time), and that's to drive. Besides which, it's also the most cost effective way to get both myself and my car there.
So I've been spending the last few weeks preparing my vehicle for the trip. It's a capable car: a 1997 Chevrolet Lumina sedan LS. It has a good 6 cylinder engine, and only just recently passed 140 000 km. It's been to the mechanic for fluid changes, basic maintenance, and a full safety check. I have installed a 300W DC to AC inverter for charging and powering my various devices. I've bought a FM transmitter for my iPod (as there are a lot of stretches on the Trans-Canada Highway where there is little or no radio reception, and I don't want to have to burn MP3 CDs to listen to the various podcasts I subscribe to). I have a filled 20L gas can in the trunk, and a 10L water jug. There are bottles of motor oil and engine coolant in there as well. The back seat has a case of Coke and a few boxes of granola bars.
Okay -- a few minor notes. Technically, I'm not trekking across Canada. I'm not driving through Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, or Quebec. So my apologies to my friends and the good people in these Provinces for being a bit loose with my titling of this series of blog entries. However, in my defence, I have driven from Toronto to all of these Provinces (except Newfoundland) in the past, driving this same vehicle -- it was just in my pre-blog days, and I've just had a really lengthy stop-over in Toronto. Also, I have no idea of when or where I'll have internet access, so these blog entries may not be posted in a timely manner. I'll try to enter them into iBlog on a daily basis, but I may not be able to upload them every day. Sorry -- can't be helped.
I'm ready, so let the trek begin!
Posted: Wednesday - August 24, 2005 at 01:56 PM
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