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…
Something weird has happened to me when I take my wife on trips. An odd and often overwhelming sense of nostalgia fills me. This sentimental longing for the past, with positive feelings of emotion and even happiness, is happening more frequently. Only this year did…
Every year, 90 million acres of land in the United States of America are planted with corn. Corn is a vital crop used for food, animal feed, sweeteners, alcohol, fuel, plastic, and even medicine. Without corn, things will be very different in our society. The…
As a kid, I only ever encountered a sock monkey once. I was unimpressed with the toy and found better things to play with. That changed when I visited the Sock Monkey Museum during our trip called Blown Away by Christmas in the Windy City.…
I never felt so uncomfortable taking a picture as I did for this one. I am a bus driver, and the school board I serve has this excellent policy of having PD Days the day before a long weekend. This is great because it turns…
Life has a way of changing plans. I had to cancel our original summer vacation and discovered we could do it again. Because so many of the places we would visit in the first itinerary would be fully booked, I had to come up with a…
