Travels With Stacey

I started to make day trips because I was waiting for a critical surgery. I was afraid I was going to die and leave my Charlene alone. This weighed heavily on me. I wanted to give her the memories to look back at if the…

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…

Charlene and I have done a lot of hikes.  The hikes must have some sort of destination—usually a waterfall at the end, some fantastic scenic view, or maybe an interesting geological feature.  Occasionally we will hike to see ruins.  Once, we hiked to look for…

Niagara is probably the region we have visited more than anywhere else. There is so much to do, and so much is worth doing a repeat visit. The biggest attraction is Horseshoe Falls and American Falls, and I cannot tell you how many times we…

I like unique destinations.  The odd spots off the beaten path. The places few people know. Everyone has heard of the big tourist spots, but how many know something like the Biggest Tree in West Virginia? Let alone, visited it? We were in West Virginia…

It may not be the prettiest tree; I have seen maple trees that are much more pleasing to the eye.  It is certainly not the largest or the highest.  What this tree has for being famous is that it is the oldest maple in all…

Recently my wife and I travelled through West Virginia, and we stopped at the Mason Dixon Historical Park on the return trip home.  This park was created in honour of the surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, who were tasked with settling a border dispute…

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,…

I had casually mentioned to the group I was working with that I was planning a trip to Quebec.  Someone said that we should see Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré.  Before I even had the chance to look up this place, another person had also mentioned this jewel of…