On September 30th, please observe National Truth and Reconciliation Day. It is to remember the truth behind the Residential schools that Native children were sent to, some forcibly. Some even died.
Here is a small video of the painted stones found outside the public library at Bobcaygeon, Ontario. The stones represent a child that had died at the residential school in Kamloops. Sadly, the truth is that there were 4000 recorded deaths at these schools.
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.…
I had one of two options for this upcoming Easter weekend. OPTION 1: Nothing. OPTION 2: Something. I didn’t like option one, but it was the best option, and I held this position for over a month. There are several reasons for this belief—first, my…
We have been to Niagara numerous times. This region in Ontario has a lot to offer, and for the first two years of our travels, it was our top destination. But we never went to Skylon Tower. We would see it every time we were…
There was a time when I thought anything more than a two-hour drive was just too far, meaning I would never visit Algonquin Provincial Park. Algonquin is an enormous park that is impossible to miss on the map. It is actually larger than some countries.…
Planning a trip takes a lot of time and effort. My general rule is that it takes as much time to plan a trip as it does to take it. For a six-week journey, like when we travelled to Alaska and back, it took six…
It was a beautiful August day. We were on our week-long trip through Quebec. Since we both love zoos and aquariums, I ensured that Aquarium Du Quebec was included in our exploration of this incredible province. Our visit was during the restrictive COVID times, and…
