Travels With Stacey

I was just browsing Facebook one lazy afternoon when I saw someone else’s post listing all the states they have been to.  They even featured a map.  I became jealous and wanted my own map.  A quick Google search led me to MapChart.net, where I…

I am convinced that my nostrils are too small for my body.  It has always felt like I was never getting enough air into my lungs through my nose.  So when something blocked the airflow, like a chunk of snot, I would use my finger…

If you get to know me, like, really know me, I often struggle with short-term memory.  It is a struggle and can challenge my day.  There are few benefits to forgetting something. Unless the forgotten becomes a pleasant surprise! I am a bus driver, and…

It has been several years since we did our Alaskan trip.  I think about it constantly and often talk to others about how they must also take this trek to the north. There is one section of the trip that remains in my mind, oddly…

I have taken on a high school route as part of my school bus career.  Gone are the days of driving a different route and seeing and hearing from different children.  I have no stories to tell because when you drive a high school route…

There have been an untold number of shipwrecks over the course of history.  It is impossible to comprehend the extent of human tragedy that has occurred on the high seas.  But one shipwreck that holds a place in our collective memory unlike any other: the…

It has been decided! We are touring the UK next summer.  Which means I have a lot of research to do on where we want to see. Naturally, I created a map of All The Places We Want To See – UK.  Right now, it…

When we started to travel, our trips were in Ontario.  Then we set out on our first big adventure to Quebec.  Then there was COVID and the draconian rules forbidding even the smallest bit of happiness, which put the brakes on a lot of our…

It is not often I get to take my mother and sister on a road trip.  The last time was…never.   My wife and I have taken Mom several times, but we have never included my sister on any trip before.  Since things worked out…

When thinking of Salem, I tend to think of Hallowe’en.  When I think of Hallowe’en, I think of devils and demons.  When I think of devils, I think of a Satanic Temple. I am a child of the 80’s, and it was during a time…