As a school bus driver, I am blessed with regularly scheduled time off. These days off are why I became a bus driver in the first place. They give us time to do our favourite pastime: TRAVEL! During my time off, better known as March…
We were out Celebrating The Queen’s Birthday In A Foreign Country when we stopped at Kingwood Center Gardens. The day prior, we visited the English manor style of Stan Hywett Hall and Garden, and on this day, it was the French style of Kingwood. The…
Charlene and I have one favourite attraction over all others: heritage homes. Be it a log cabin in the woods and learn the story of the first settlers to the vast and opulent mansions of the incredibly rich. When I am making plans for a…
I was really looking forward to taking my wife to see and experience the Historic Triangle. As Canadians, our country’s history is about 200 years old. It is tough to find anything before the mid-1800s. If you go to the USA, there is history all…
The date was April 10, 2022. We were taking the scenic route home from a recent trip to eastern Ontario. The route took us through a small town when we spotted a small sign pointing to the Wutai Shan Buddhist Garden. We were curious and…
Planning a trip around the spring bloom is one of the hardest itineraries to create. When we visit, I know where everything is, and I know how to get from location to location. I even know how much it will all cost me. It is…
I love building maps, creating itineraries, and researching things to do, so when I was asked what recommendations there were for Ottawa for a grandma and her grandson on the theme of money, I jumped right to it. Well, that is an incorrect statement. I jumped right to it AFTER we…
For us, it was the first Doors Open event of the year. I mapped out the places I wanted to take Charlene and made an itinerary. Our first stop was the Ontario Regiment Museum. I have been wanting to go here for years and we finally made it on the…
“When is your play coming out?” I was asked by this young woman who was very proud of her job at Theatrix Costume House in Hamilton. I replied with my usual confidence when I was pulling someone’s leg, “Next week.” She was excited by this and…
Last summer, we went to Alaska for our summer vacation. This year, we will drive the east coast of Canada and a small bit of the USA. This is a trip that I have always wanted to do. Three weeks of driving, hiking, sightseeing, camping…
