Travels With Stacey

Being in the presence of greenery, especially flowers has a measurable effect on people. I, for one, enjoy looking for and looking at flowers of all kinds. When I was a kid, there was only one type of daffodil. Slowly, a new variety arrived. Then…

We had left New York City and were on our slow return home. Travelling north roughly along the Hudson River toward our hotel room, we would make our final stop of the day at Croton Gorge Park. The sun was starting to set, and the…

It is rare for this waterfall to be flowing with an impressive rage, that so many other falls we have visited.  Most of the time, it is barely a trickle.  Yet it is one of those places that grabbed me and held me tight when…

Located to the north of Bracebridge is High Falls. There is a picnic area and plenty of parking for those that want to view one of the better falls in the area. It is impressive and only a minute or two off the main highway.…

Swayze and Decew Waterfalls is located within Short Hills Provincial Park in Ontario My only regret is that the days are not long enough. Charlene was watching TV on a lazy Sunday morning. She has this amazing ability to multi-task and is also surfing Facebook…

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.…

We had planned a trip to view the fall colours in New York and Pennsylvania.  One of our stops was in Allegheny National Forest, particularly Rimrock Overlook.  I intended to stop, admire the scenery, snap a few pics and go off to the following site.…

I timed this trip perfectly.  Of course, I wanted to take all the credit, but some luck was involved because the weather had been perfect for getting all the fall colours to its fullest. We hiked to many places, visited many sights, and saw some…

Minnehaha Falls on Skeleton River is one of those places that I struggled to figure out how to visit. If you look on the map, it is right beside a road, but there is nowhere to park safely, and the climb from the road is…

It is that fantastic time of year again when nature sings out in colours via the Fall Foliage! The annual change of the leaves attracts many people to go out and view the spectacle.  But when is the best time to view them? Fortunately, every…