I've been seeing the TV commercials that the folks at Disney started airing on September 18, 2008.

So I looked up details about the Free Disney Ticket On Your Birthday special online.

Looks good to me! No catches that I can see... other than the fact that you'll be obligated to buy a full-price ticket for anyone who accompanies you on your visit to either Disney World in Orlando or Disneyland in California. But that's to be expected. Plus, it's only good on your actual birthday in 2009.

Jim and I both signed up for a free ticket at each of the different parks on each of our birthdays. Who knows if we'll actually be able to get away when the time comes (Mar 2 and Nov 14), but it's worth considering, if you ask me.

You're allowed to sign up all your kids. May as well encourage your closest friends and relatives to sign up too! It's only 3 very simple steps. And no, you don't have to sign up for their optional "birthday club". We didn't.

Next time you're in Toronto, Canada one thing you've got to do while you're there is:

Go see Evil Dead: The Musical at the Diesel Playhouse downtown.

It's one heck of a bloody, gory, splattering mess of a musical. It is a trip!

Oh yeah, and it's funny, too.

It's not cheap... $50 a ticket! But it's worth every penny.

I've had a Netflix membership 3 separate times in the past 10 years or so.

The first time was back when I was single. Then again, when Jim & I first got married. And now... we just signed up for the 3rd time.

You're probably wondering why we canceled our Netflix memberships before. For practical reasons really:

• The first time... I started traveling more and I simply wasn't home as much to watch movies.
• The second time... The selection of movies wasn't nearly as good as it is today, and we actually ran out of movies we wanted to see.

So why did we sign up again for a 3rd time???

Some people prefer "beachy"... others like hiking... some are avid fishermen... others just want to relax & hang out.

Been wondering what you're going to do on your next vacation?

Spend a few minutes online with "Mr. Hungry Suitcase" and see what you're really in the mood for. At the end, there's a fun personalized song -- just for you. And some great suggestions for travel locations that meet your dreams.

...It's FUN!

So, here I am... somewhere over the Canadian Rockies, chasing a late afternoon sunset. It's the fist leg of a long "red eye" scheduled to get me home in the morning.

I've been gone a week... again. Not complaining mind you, I'm just looking forward to sleeping in my own bed, mowing my own grass, chasing my dog around the yard and my wife around the bedroom.

This isn't about my to-do list really. It's more about stopping to smell the roses, enjoying the moment. Or, maybe it's just about nice people who work for nice companies. Does it really take that much to be nice?

After another long week of being on the road, I'm looking forward to making my way home.

En route from Minot, North Dakota to Edmonton, Alberta Canada during our recent 2-week trip in an RV, we spotted this:

Jim and I figured it had something to do with an annual tradition with the local high school. I thought it was probably a Class Reunion activity each year.

So I researched it a little and found this...

In Canada, they definitely love their rocks.

Not only are there rocks in the hillside, and practically every direction you turn... but the people who live there have found ways to put all those rocks to good use.

They're used as signs. As memorials. And as really cool statues. In fact, you don't see much "graffiti" in Canada. Instead, you see rocks used to spell out various messages along roads and hillsides. It's quite interesting.

But my favorite is the Inukshuk!

Perhaps you've seen it...