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.…
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…
Detroit is only a four-hour drive from our home, making it the perfect distance for us to visit this area for a weekend escape. It was mid-April, and the main attraction for us was the opening of Greenfield Village, but like everything we do, there…
A text message grabs my attention on my trusty cellphone. I read it, and it is from my sister. She wants a trip planned and ready to travel to Gaspe, Quebec. She wants to leave in a few days. WOW! Generally speaking, planning a trip…
Don’t get me wrong, I love that there are community events that draw people together. But some community events force us to leave town. Our town of Orangeville successfully holds a Jazz and Blues Festival each year. This is a great way to attract those…
For us Canadians, it was Victoria Day Weekend. This holiday celebrates the person who inspired the Victorian Era worldwide and is also the unofficial start of summer. Naturally, I had made plans for this celebratory festivity. Falling Head Over Heals for Waterfalls was the trip…
