Being a school bus driver is a great job. It is a rewarding experience transporting these future leaders of our society safely to school and back. As a spare bus driver, I have learned that each school has its own method of loading and unloading…
Kids talking to one another must speak up to be heard over the other kids talking to each other. This chatter, I call the quiet murmurations of the bus, even though it can get quite loud. There is a peacefulness to it, and when I…
As a bus driver, I have learned some fantastic and exciting things spoken by the kids behind me. The most recent conversation between two students might have caused irreparable harm to the belief in Santa Claus. I drive to three schools. All three schools share…
The things that I can learn as a school bus driver are amazing. It has been over 30 years since I have been a student in the educational system, and there have been some stunning and fascinating changes in that time. So when the children…
We love museums. Most of what we visit on a road trip would be classified as a museum: art, science, history, heritage and more. So when I heard of North American Reciprocal Museums, I had to join. Membership includes free access to over a thousand…
The best thing about Christmas is that others love this season as much as we do. One of our favourite December trips is driving around communities and seeing the lights and displays others have put together. It is even better when someone has gone out…
Ah, Christmas. It is the most festive time of year. If only it were easy to find Christmas-themed activities. Searching for Christmas has become such a hard thing to do, these days, now that Christmas is taboo and its utterance is forbidden. After all, who…
I love planning trips, especially when I get lots of time to research and see what I want to do. Virginia Beach is not a place to visit during the final days of winter if you want some rays of sunshine and to start early…
One of my favourite things to do is travel. My second favourite thing to do is plan on the itinerary to travel. My third thing to do is researching all the places that we can go and see. My job has me off this March…
