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[beboots]

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Denmark only counts because my mother took me and my sister there as babes in arms. Ditto with Germany - I was born in Lahr in the Black Forest on a Canadian military base, but I don't remember much as I left when I was three. The US only counts because I've visited Hawaii, plus flown through Seattle and once quickly jumped across the border when visiting Niagara falls to take in the view from the American side.


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I can also have my parents to thank for childhood vacations which involved driving cross-Canada, and to each ocean during various summers. PEI (AKA Prince Edward Island) was notable to my child mind not because of Anne of Green Gables or potatoes or anything (for which it is most famous) but because of the good seafood available there and that one day when we were walking along the beach in our campground and we found a headless baby seal, probably the victim of an orca whale. That sort of thing sticks with you. ;)

One day, I shall visit the territories, just to say I could. Apparently the capital of Nunavut, Iqaluit, has a smaller population than the small-ish city I live in outside of Edmonton. I don't think that I'll ever be truly considered Canadian unless I've snowshoed across the tundra and seen at least one wild polar bear in my lifetime.

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[sharkflip.livejournal.com]

I have been to the Yukon!

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Sweet! What was it like? I suppose that would depend on what time of year you went there... Why were you there? Did you see any polar bears? :D

[sharkflip.livejournal.com]

I was six years old. It was June. We probably saw a moose. From the window of the dodge caravan. :D

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Nice! :D Out of curiosity, remind me again whereabouts you're from...? Your story would be less impressive if you were a native of Alaska, for instance. ;) Unless you came across the Klondike Pass or what have you, on snowshoes, in a blizzard. ;)

[sharkflip.livejournal.com]

We drove the length of the Al-Can highway.

It was epic awesome. My dad's ship was based in Fairbanks over the summer, and we drove up to meet him -- my mom, my 3-year-old sister, and our six-month-old puppy. Epic.

[beboots.livejournal.com]

That sounds like an amazing trip. I'm sure that the scenery is gorgeous!