aahh! i'm in st. john's! how exciting is this.
honestly, i never thought i would ever not like travelling, but the plane trip was horrible! so bumpy.. so many crying kids (poor kids).. and 9 hrs in a plane, honestly, i never want to subject myself to that EVER again. but alas, it's done with. AND I'M HERE!! haha. anyways.
time to find something to eat.

so.. training is done (obviously).
i feel super bad for neglecting this as long as i have been, but work and life in general has been super stressful and busy!

anyways. really, i'm just stoked because on friday i'm planning to spend the day with the cyc group at capital ex in edmonton. i'm really looking forward to it, because i don't start my part of the tour until august, and this will give me a bit of a sneak preview as to what to expect!

and really.. why wouldn't i want to show off one of my flashy shirts ahead of time ;)

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From left: Julie Elizabeth Dagenais, Dania Kochan, Darnell Johnson, Meghan Bailey and Lisa Middleton (coordinator).

Today is our last day in BC.

We arrived in Vancouver at about 5 pm, and we were on our way to the Folkfestival. At first we were a little bit worried because no body knew where it was.

Strangely, the festival allows people to set up booths outside the gates for free. Amongst many booths we start our mission, spread the word ... not the infection. lol With our trusty box of condoms and our charter people, begin to notice us.

For the most part, people were positive... with the except of one man saying to us: Que sera sera!

3 days until the training stuff kicks off the Know Your Rights tour. i cant beleive what we have got done since Nov '05. I met Lisa and Megan at the Guelph conference last week and man, I could not have been happier. When you are gonig to spend MANY hours in a small car with people, there is nothing better then finding out that they are completely awesome people. *THUMBS UP* I think that the response at the conference was great. A lot of people were interested to hear what we were doing and wanted to be part of it.... Probably cuz were so cool:P hahahahah no seriosly though, we are!

Well as Meghan said before I guess I'll be talking about the first event.
So the Jamboree was a pretty interesting event all in all. Though me being from Newfoundland it was quite a big culture shock for me. Men walking around in just shorts and women walking around in bikini tops. I mean, it's not like it doesn't happen in NL but the shear ratio of it was astounding to me. But thats neither here nor their.

After three days of driving, we arrive at our first event. The Craven country Jamboree near Regina!

It was a long morning because we did not know where to go. After a very bumpy ride out in the Prairies, we get to our venue. With the assistance of Stacey Urselesca, a local member of CYC, we start setting up our Know Your Rights tent around 10:45 am.

It was a hot, sunny day in Craven. People were arriving ready for a good time, in more ways then one.

Our takeoff breakfast was very delicious! It was early but friends, family, and supporters made me feel excited to depart.

The first day was a long day of traveling. Darnell and I are squished in the back. I feel as though I am in a fort because I can not see the passenger seat, due to my suitcase and our pleasure chest.

We are fastly bonding, mainly by story telling. We have all met some very strange people and had very strange events in our lives.