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 am a bus driver, and for the most part, the only drama I expect is that of kids being kids. On this day, things were different. I was driving to my school to pick up the students and bring them home. I have to…
“Because it is eight hours away,” was my answer to why I picked Chicago for our Christmas vacation. I would continue to explain that I have a two-hour rule for travelling. We can go two hours away each day we have off to explore. Since…
Behind every picture, there is a story. This one is both about fear and intrigue. Charlene and I were on our epic lifetime trip to Alaska in the summer of 2023. The main focus of what we would do in Alaska was a small boat…
As a school bus driver, I sometimes feel underappreciated and taken for granted; this lifestyle can be challenging. There is the expectation of arriving on time. Not early, not late, but on time. We need to balance the weather, traffic, kids running late or walking…
Wow! I love planning trips, but this is the first time I have had to plan this many all at once. The past couple of months have kept me rather busy on my computer, coming up with destinations and itineraries for my travel plans and…
