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  • Japan: Spring Trip - March 01
    A Japanese Chapel wedding
  • Oregon: Day Trip to the Coast - January 01
    Tillamook, Newport, Florence, Eugene
  • Sun in the Southland - November 00
    SoCal: Little Tokyo and the Duck Pond
  • Japan: Sweat and Swelter - August 00
    Introducing Dorami-chan!
  • San Francisco: Nikkei 2000 Conference - May 00
    Are you my tribe?
  • Japan: January Junket - January 00
    My first business trip and first winter trip to Japan
  • Japan: Sea to Sky Tour - August 99
    From the ocean floor to the top of a ski resort
  • Vancouver Island BC - Summer 99
    Chemainus | Nitinaht Lake / Duncan | Tahsis
    Mural viewing, windsurfing, and salmon fishing
  • Portland OR - September 98
    I moved to the City of Roses to study and work.
  • Japan: Sauna Tour - August 98
    Hatsubon is the first Festival of the Dead after a family member passes away.
  • Tofino, Vancouver Island BC - June 98
    Beaches, whales and ... hot springs on Canada's We(s)t Coast!
  • Vancouver BC: Sumo Canada Basho - June 98
    All the BIG boys came to Canada to demonstrate Japan's national sport. Rrrrready to rumble desu ka?
  • Victoria BC - April-Sept 98
    I attended summer classes at the University of Victoria
  • Road Warrior on Cruise Control - April 98
    Toronto ON to Victoria BC in 6 days!
  • Japan: Sakura Tour - April 98
    Sayonara, Ojii-san...
  • Chamonix FR: Au Pays du Mont Blanc - March 98
    Daily fresh "pow" made for great riding. La Vallee Blanche et Mer de Glace -- unforgettable.
  • Bahamas - Jan 98
    Scuba diving (and--brrrr--warmth!)
  • Japan: Typhoon Tour - Sept 97
    My cousin (same age as me!) got married.
  • Cascadia - June 97
    Where's that? Click the link and find out!
  • Banff AB - Apr 97
    The spring snow was fine for skiing and snowboarding at Sunshine Village!
  • Montreal QC - Feb 97
    Canadiens vs. Leafs: part sports event, part religious experience! A time-honoured traditional Canadian match-up: "Forever Rivals". The new Centre Molson proved to be an excellent hockey venue. "Nos compliments!"
  • Lake Tahoe NV/CA - Jan 97
    My ski trip group returned to Cal-Neva country after 6 years.
  • Cuba - Dec 96
    I spent the Christmas holiday week scuba diving near Santiago de Cuba with Dive Adventures, a Canadian sport diving company operating in Cuba. I met Johnny from the Toyota factory in Cambridge, ON, who told me many funny stories about his experiences as a Canadian working for a Japanese company.
  • Banff AB - Apr 96
    U of A Medical School Class of 1986 10-year Reunion. Almost everybody still looked pretty much the way they did on graduation day, although many now had spouses and/or children in tow. Most of my classmates have remained in Alberta to practice. The next largest group is those who went to British Columbia.

    Classmates on the 'Net
    Visit the Team Walsh Home Page in Cowtown AB.
    Helen MacRae, MD, FRCSC in Toronto ON
    J. Wylam Faught, MD, FRCSC in Ottawa ON

  • Colorado - Feb 96
    Ski Trip: Arapahoe Basin, Copper Mountain, Breckenridge, Keystone
  • Belize - Dec 95
    I went sea kayaking in the cayes off the coast of Belize with Island Adventures for a week over the Christmas holidays.

    Lonely Planet Guide to Belize
    Belize - Reef to Rainforest

  • Montreal QC - Oct 95
    1995-96 was the final season of use for that venerable hockey shrine, Le Forum de Montreal. I was able to attend one game before the doors closed forever. Les Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks that night, but the best part came before the game: the air was thick with pre-referendum tension, but we drowned out the separatist boo-birds by singing "O Canada" (en francais, bien sur)!
  • Desolation Sound BC - June 95
    Sailing into oyster beds and sand dollar beaches.
  • Montana - Mar 95
    Ski Trip: Whitefish MO, Fernie BC
  • Arizona - Feb 95
    Petrified Forest, Sedona, Grand Canyon -- a geologist's heaven!
  • San Diego - Dec 94
    Christmas scuba diving in the kelp forest.
  • Desolation Sound BC - June 94
    On this sailing trip "port" meant more than the left side of the boat.
  • Italy - Jan 94
    Ski trip: Bormio IT, Santa Caterina IT, St. Moritz CH.
    The skiing? So-so. The Italian food and wine -- benissimo!

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