Travels With Stacey

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…

Charlene was talking to her colleagues at her work when one mentioned doing the Grey Bruce Waterfalls Tour.  She had been talking about the places we started to go to, but before September 11, 2016, we were doing just one-stop destinations.  This waterfalls tour would…

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…

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…

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…

Limehouse Conservation Area is a fun place to visit. It is part of the Niagara Escarpment and is a part of history. Named Limehouse because it was the centre of lime production, which is needed to make concrete, mortar and fertilizer. There are two main…

There have been only a few sites we have visited that have honestly taken my breath away. Parc Marie-Victorin in Kingsey Falls, Quebec, did that. I saw some pictures of this place and knew instantly I was going to plan an entire trip to Quebec…

It was a very cold room.  I was wearing next to nothing, and there were a bunch of faces that I had never seen before.  There was a woman who was clearly in charge.  She made each of her students describe my situation. The BIG…

When COVID hit, travelling became a real difficulty.  Once the Canadian government removed the requirement to prove COVID-free before reentering the country, the demand for passports reached a level never seen before. We considered ourselves fortunate that it was only an extra month we had…