Travels With Stacey

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.…

Meadow Brook Hall is located on the grounds of Oakland University in Michigan. There is nothing sadder than losing a husband early in a marriage.  Understandably, the widow would travel to Europe for a while and eventually return to America and get a new husband.  …

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is located in Pittsburgh USA Every now and again, you just have to get up and leave.  That is precisely what we did. I had expected to be working, but plans changed in a good way.  After a few hours…

Life. Sometimes it is great. Sometimes it is not. Whatever it is, it can get in the way of, well, life. Life has played a part in our lives recently.  So much so that it has been a while since we travelled.   Then life gave…

The one flower that is associated with fall is the chrysanthemum. Everywhere you go, mums are displayed at stores, homes, city streets and even my favourite places, conservatories. Whenever we are in Niagara, whether passing through on our way to the USA or visiting the…

Barbie Expo – Montreal Quebec There have been several trips to Montreal that I have taken my wife in these past few years.  When planning a trip, I already have a bunch of places in mind that I would like to visit, but there has…

I stumbled upon ActiveParents.ca a few years back. They had created a map of some of the best homes decorated for Christmas. Because of this website, I discovered the power of custom-made Google Maps and the joy of seeing how my neighbours have decorated their…

We had planned a trip to view the fall colours in New York and Pennsylvania.  One of our stops was in Allegheny National Forest, particularly Rimrock Overlook.  I intended to stop, admire the scenery, snap a few pics and go off to the following site.…

I timed this trip perfectly.  Of course, I wanted to take all the credit, but some luck was involved because the weather had been perfect for getting all the fall colours to its fullest. We hiked to many places, visited many sights, and saw some…

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…