I love mini-stops. These are places where I put into our itinerary when we are travelling. Generally, it is a quick stop to look at something, snap a picture, and away we go to the next destination. But sometimes, a mini-stop turns into something bigger.…
The rest stops near where I live are no more than places to get out, stretch, have a picnic, and use the bathroom. I have not even considered these to be tourist attractions in themselves. We were travelling in Quebec and needed a break to…
We woke to a surprisingly beautiful morning at Fushimi Lake. This has to have been one of the best campsites we have stayed at, all because of the fantastic view and our private beach. I booked this site in February and am so glad I…
I don’t remember how I discovered this place or its location. I know I have had it on my vast list of places to explore ever since I started making a list of places to go. Jumbo’s Cove Train Tunnel would be one of our…
Okay, it is a rock garden: just rocks and one statue thingy. I know, it just rocks—boring rocks. But it’s not boring when you get to think of it. How are rocks made? How they come to be. What are they made of? The history…
D-I-V-O-R-C-E Obviously on such long road trips we listen to a lot on music. Charlene can be heard singing along to the songs and as anyone knows, the last song has a tendency to get stuck in one’s head even when it has long stopped…
It was a sad reason why we were up in Thunder Bay for our first visit to this northern Ontario city. My wife’s father had died, and she needed to get away. We did a rapid, four-day round trip to this city just months after…
On September 11, 2018, the culmination of a year and a half of medical tests, a two-week delay, and finally admitting that I needed it done, I had surgery on my heart to correct two of the congenital disabilities that had plagued me all my…
We finally got to do this. Years of delays. Then figuring out how to get the time off. Planning. More planning. And then there was the money aspect. Once all of these were set, we drove to Alaska. It has always been a dream of…
We were on Day One of our Alaska Trip. Our previous stop was Kapuskasing Internment Cemetery, and we were still shocked at the treatment of people who just wanted to live their lives. Our next stop would be Reesor Siding Memorial. When I plan a…
