Two Guys from Toronto

We made it!

Tom — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:49:55 +0000

Well folks. We made it. We are in Vancouver. This morning we returned the RV aka Rita. It was a touching goodbye. This afternoon we are venturing out from our hotel for our second day in Vancouver. Our destination is downtown. We are going to see the sights.

Our flights leave tomorrow morning nice and early and we will both be back in our respective home cities by sunset. It’s been an amazing journey and we’ve had an absolutely amazing time sharing it with you. Thanks for coming and watching.

Stay tuned for more stuff in the next couple of days.

Tom and Ryan

The Adventure so far.

Tom — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:47:03 +0000

The trip so far has been amazing! Lots of pictures.

A sunset in Llyodminster, Alberta

After leaving Llyod we set sail for Edmonton, the first stop, West Edmonton Mall!

We both walked around and visited a bunch of cool stores. Ryan bought his John Deere hat… sigh… I’m now officially the guy that hangs around with the guy in the John Deere hat. Ryan believes the hat makes people around him more friendly because of the vibrant green color…. you can be the judge.

Ryan and his hat.

After our purchases we met up with our High school friend Wanda! She showed us a great time on the town, a lot of catching up was done and many of drinks were had.

Next we headed to Red Deer, but actually ended up in a little town to the west called Sylvan Lake. It was beautiful. It’s sorta a summer cottage town. The RV park there was actually closed but we went online and found the number. We called the park and a guy asked if were the RV parked out front. He agreed on a shady under the table deal of 20 bucks for electricity for the night.

Tom and Ryan enjoying some Fat Bastard. Notice our map of Canada on the wall! We trace our route as we travel it. Fun times indeed.

After a great night sleep at the lake we headed off to Calgary to meet up with our friend Andrea and then Wanda who was coming down from Edmonton. Calgary is a crazy place. You can tell people have money. There are fancy cars everywhere. Almost every single store you go into has positions available for a full or part time job. It’s neat up until you’re at a restaurant and it takes 20 mins to get the menus because they are so understaffed.

Ryan and Andrea sporting Cowboy hats.

What would a visit to Calgary be without visiting the famous tower.

The elevator.

The Tower

Ryan using his gorilla marketing skills and shoving a business card in the elevator panel

Departing from Calgary we made our way to Banff and Beyond.

Road sign.

We were both very excited about the mountains, which we got to see first hand today with a gondola ride up. The view was spectacular.

Us in the rockies.

The View

Well that’s it for now. We still have 6 days to go! Kamloops, Whistler, Vancouver and the Island. Exciting times! Stay tuned and thanks for all your feedback!

A few new pictures

Ryan — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:00:14 +0000

So it is currently 1am in Alberta and I’m about to go to sleep. I wanted to get some of my pictures posted before bed. Check them out, these are my favourite three so far I think.

There is more pics on our flickr account. Check it out! TGFT on Flickr

As we drive.

Tom — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:51:31 +0000

As i type this I am sitting at the kitchen type table thing in the RV.

Ryan is currently driving us across Saskatchewan.

So far one of my favorite things is the amount of time that I have while the other guy drives. It’s fun. I sit here and browse facebook, write Blog posts, sleep in the back on the bouncy bed, sit up front with Ryan and chat and take pictures

I just want to thank everybody who keeps coming to the site and giving us awesome feedback. It’s been fun with this two way dialog. Through the technology we have with us we pretty much get any message you send to us in real time and we can respond via twitter on the front page. It’s really cool. So keep you messages coming and we’ll keep responding!

Almost out of Ontario

Ryan — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:29:03 +0000

We’re sleeping tonight in Kenora, Ontario. Been a great trip so far! Hoping to make it to Yorkton, Sask or beyond tomorrow.

Here’s a couple new pics…

Canada’s longest suspension bridge!!

Couple of guys showing off their RV.

The Start

Tom — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:18:45 +0000

Well folks. We made it. We are in the RV.

Ryan says it drives like a boat or a battle ship. I have yet to drive, but I did find time to take a couple pics.

LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN!!!!!!

The Guys

Two Guys from Toronto across Canada!

Tom — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:55:08 +0000

Hey Folks,

You may or may not know, but today Ryan and Tom leave for a two week trip across Canada. We have a RV rented and take to the road around 6pm.

You might have noticed the site has changed a little. We are officially in trip coverage mode right now. Come back every day and follow the boys as they make their way across our great country.

Loaded to the 9’s with tech gear, we are going to relax and enjoy the trip while documenting and sharing, tgft style. Our gear includes two laptops, two digital video cameras, two DSLR cameras, two nintendo DSs, a Garmond GPS (AKA findsey) and a HIGH Speed Telus mobile phone card!

Remeber you can follow our updats through TGFT @Twitter

See you all on the road!

Both Guys from Toronto.

I love this fan more than I love my Mom.

Tom — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:23:13 +0000

Some of our fans are just amazing. Enter one such friend from the Netherlands. I have no idea how he found us. but he must like what he sees because week in and week out he keeps coming back.

I feel a little like Tenacious D in that song “Lee” where the boys from the band fall in love with their fan.

Well enter Erwin. He’s great. Always positive feedback in our comments. He’s our friend on facebook. Which let me find his blog. Where I listened to his audio show. He has such a cool accent!! *sigh* Oh Erwin *sigh* (I’m not stalking. Shhhhhhhhh)

Today when I signed intoFacebook I saw much concern in his Facebook status for us!

Don’t worry buddy. I’m sure we’ll work something out!

And thanks for the support. You’re the greatest!

Cool Toronto Time-lapse

Tom — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:14:01 +0000

I found this on my travels through the internet. Very cool!

Toronto Time-lapse

Rubik’s Cube Art

Ryan — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:39:57 +0000

A friend of ours has recently done some amazing art using Rubik’s cubes…. here is a couple examples.

and here’s a link to his facebook profile to give him the mad props he deserves - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513264926