In my travels around Ontario and now into Quebec and the States, I have been to thousands of places over the past years. The one thing that I have learned in all of this is that there are so many places to visit and see.…
The Lasagna Incident has taken a toll on my back. The day was June 1st, and I was making lasagna. I was a bit sore from the previous day, when we visited the Royal Botanical Garden to view the flowers and tiny Bonsai trees. I…
I lamented to Charlene the other day that we hadn’t had a good storm in a while. I have always loved storms. The bigger, the better. Storms, when I was younger, seemed to last longer and were more intense. Today’s storms are just fast and…
It is a basic assumption that school bus drivers have a lot of interaction with the students on board. But the truth is that there is little said between me, the driver and those who ride with me. The most significant part is that they…
There is nothing more exciting than planning a new trip right after we get home from one. Just days ago, we returned from America the Beautiful trip, and Charlene mentioned that she would like to go to Salem for Halloween. What do I do? Naturally,…
It was the last day of school, and I arrived in my school bus, waiting for our turn to unload. I took the time to thank the kids for being a fantastic group and wished them a great summer. Somebody mentioned stickers. A couple of…
The All The Places We Have Been To Map shows that we have been to many places and met many new people while visiting all these locations. Numerous people. There are so many people, and estimating the number of new faces we have seen would…
Many people like to take souvenirs when they visit a place—a little memento of where they have been to help preserve the memory. On occasion, we want to take an interesting rock to bring home. However, a movie made this trend popular, and I have…
It was the summer of 2024, and we were on a coastal trip to the USA and Canada. A trip like this takes quite a bit of planning, but there was one day when I had to wing it. When we arrived in Percé, QC,…
It has been a while since we have gone on a trip with Mom. We decided to show her Algonquin Provincial Park. This will be our second trip here, but her first, and it will also be the beginning of summer. The trip is designed…
