One of my favourite gifts to my kids is the gift of time. This Christmas, my present to my daughter, Caitlyn, will be her first trip to the USA. I have called this trip Birthdaymas in celebration of Caitlyn’s and Jesus’ birthdays.
It is a single-day trip that explores Buffalo, Niagara, and Niagara Falls, with a few places in between. You can view the map here.
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.…
One of my favourite gifts to my kids is the gift of time. This Christmas, my present to my daughter, Caitlyn, will be her first trip to the USA. I have called this trip Birthdaymas in celebration of Caitlyn’s and Jesus’ birthdays. It is a…
There is nothing more than the satisfaction of a job well done. Then, the added bonus of feeling the appreciation of the people I serve. Recently, I received my first tip as a school bus driver. It was a sign of the deep respect that…
The previous school year, I acted as a cover driver for other school bus drivers who, for whatever reason, could not do their route. This school year, I did something different. I took a route of my own, but I did so in a way…
I am a bus driver, and for the most part, the only drama I expect is that of kids being kids. On this day, things were different. I was driving to my school to pick up the students and bring them home. I have to…
“Because it is eight hours away,” was my answer to why I picked Chicago for our Christmas vacation. I would continue to explain that I have a two-hour rule for travelling. We can go two hours away each day we have off to explore. Since…
