Travels With Stacey

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.…

Meadow Brook Hall is located on the grounds of Oakland University in Michigan. There is nothing sadder than losing a husband early in a marriage.  Understandably, the widow would travel to Europe for a while and eventually return to America and get a new husband.  …

Brockville Railway Tunnel is a tourist attraction that is free and pretty cool which is like a cave

With a flair for marketing and a product that would not meet any of the requirements of modern medical standards, George T. Fulford made his fortune from a tiny pink pill.  Dr. Williams’ Pink Pill for Pale People was essentially an iron supplement/placebo. He used…

If you are Canadian or have used Canadian currency, you would have noticed two very important men on the five dollar and fifty dollar bills.  At Laurier House National Historic Site, you will tour the home that was once owned by both of these prominent…

We toured the St. Catherine’s Doors Open Event on August 20, 2022.  These Doors Open tours have quickly become our favourite and have it as a priority when one is happening. St. Catherine’s is only 90 minutes from home, and our first stop was a…

If ever there is proof of how much a tour guide enhances a location, it is here at Richardson Bates House Museum.  We were privileged to have May Kay Stone, president of the Oswego County Historical Society, lead us on a tour of this beautifully…

We both like art.  We like art so much that we will walk hours in a city or town in search of murals and sculptures and anything else that is beautiful. Yet, we have vastly different opinions of art museums.   Very different opinions. We even…

We were lucky.  We applied for our passports just before the big rush on passports that had caused massive, months-long delays for so many Canadians.  When the most extensive COVID restrictions were finally ended, Canadians became free to travel again and like us, and many…

We first visited Queenston Heights in search of flowers, and it is part of my Chasing Flowers that we do every spring. This critical site in Canadian history and, most importantly, Canadian identity, is a great place to see spring flowers! Other than The Falls,…