muleskinner.ca http://muleskinner.ca Brad and Julie's personal website Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:47:39 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Day 165 – Home Sweet Home http://muleskinner.ca/2014/01/15/day-165-home-sweet-home-2/ http://muleskinner.ca/2014/01/15/day-165-home-sweet-home-2/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:10:01 +0000 http://muleskinner.ca/?p=3168 Day 165 – Sunday, December 8, 2013 Today was our final push to our home in Grande Prairie after being away since July 10, 2013. After some breakfast and getting my hair styled, we said our goodbyes to Jordan, Alison, and Melodie and headed out. It was another bitter cold day but with bright sunshine […]

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]]> Day 163 – Melodie’s House http://muleskinner.ca/2014/01/09/day-163-melodies-house/ http://muleskinner.ca/2014/01/09/day-163-melodies-house/#comments Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:30:26 +0000 http://muleskinner.ca/?p=3135 Day 163 – Friday, December 6, 2013 Today, we left Russell, MB, at sunrise, in the bitter cold and headed to Edmonton to our granddaughter’s house. We fueled up the truck at the Russell Esso and fueled up ourselves at the Tim Horton’s right next door. It was very cold with the wind chill. The […]

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]]> http://muleskinner.ca/2014/01/09/day-163-melodies-house/feed/ 1 Day 162 – Running the Roads to Russell, MB http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/18/day-162-running-the-roads-to-russell-mb/ http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/18/day-162-running-the-roads-to-russell-mb/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2013 22:29:18 +0000 http://muleskinner.ca/?p=3122 Day 162 – Thursday, December 5, 2013 We awoke this morning to quite a bit of fresh snow. Carol insisted on making us some French toast for breakfast. We didn’t argue with that! They both made us some ham sandwiches for the road. Brian had already made us coffee before he had to leave for […]

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]]> http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/18/day-162-running-the-roads-to-russell-mb/feed/ 2 Day 161 – Kissin’ Cousins http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/18/day-161-kissin-cousins/ http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/18/day-161-kissin-cousins/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2013 20:42:40 +0000 http://muleskinner.ca/?p=3104 Day 161 – Wednesday, December 4, 2013 After a stop at Tim Horton’s for some breakfast, we were on the road to Thunder Bay, ON. We drove 471 kilometres to Julie’s cousin Carol and her husband Brian’s place. They had graciously offered us a room for the night. The day started out clear and cold […]

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]]> Day 159 – Homeward Bound http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/16/day-159-homeward-bound/ http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/16/day-159-homeward-bound/#comments Tue, 17 Dec 2013 02:09:50 +0000 http://muleskinner.ca/?p=3073 Day 159 – Monday, December 2, 2013 Today we left my sisters place near Cobourg and headed to Julie’s sister Krista, her husband Jim, and their children Adam and Harrison’s home near Orillia, ON. Before leaving Cobourg, we swung by to say goodbye to our #1 (one of many #1 followers, so don’t be too […]

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]]> http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/16/day-159-homeward-bound/feed/ 1 Day 158 – The Turkey Caper http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/15/day-158-the-turkey-caper/ http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/15/day-158-the-turkey-caper/#comments Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:58:13 +0000 http://muleskinner.ca/?p=3057 Day 158 – Sunday, December 1, 2013 Some of us planned on getting together for brunch this morning. However, after last night’s festivities, only five of us made the cut. The first restaurant we choose was packed solid with a wait of over 30 minutes so we picked our second choice, Wimpy’s Diner. It was […]

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]]> http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/15/day-157-emond-family-gathering/feed/ 3 Day 156 – Hot Belly Mama on a Cold Winter Day http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/15/day-156-hot-belly-mama-on-a-cold-winter-day/ http://muleskinner.ca/2013/12/15/day-156-hot-belly-mama-on-a-cold-winter-day/#comments Sun, 15 Dec 2013 23:38:31 +0000 http://muleskinner.ca/?p=3029 Day 156 – Friday, November 29, 2013 Julie notes “Weeeerrrreeee BAAAAAackkk! Sorry for the delay but being back in Canada seems to keep us quite busy.” Today we left Moscow, ON with a truck load of treasures from Jim and Vera’s “Holmestead”. Julie notes “We were barely on the road and the old song ‘Ya […]

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