This summer, we visited Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah as part of our America the Beautiful summer vacation. There are two reasons why I chose this name for our trip. First, the annual pass to all the National Parks in America is called the…
The day was Labour Day, and it is one of the hardest days to plan when we are on a trip. Monday’s are particularly bad since many of the places we want to see are closed, and then there’s the consideration that it was a…
Sometimes I do not feel well. I suffer from migraines, and I have found that certain tasks really help me ignore, or even overcome, a migraine. Planning trips is one of those healing tasks. Instead of lying in bed, I got onto my computer and…
I love living in an area with changing seasons. Autumn is one of my favourites with the changing of the leaves in the annual display of colour. I created a map and an itinerary for a four-day excursion into western New York to see some…
I created this map and itinerary at the request of someone. It is a three-day travel through Southern Ontario with a Halloween theme for each night. It looks like so much fun that I want to do this myself! To view the Google Map of…
Many years ago, on a wintry night, a woman died. The circumstances surrounding her death are a mystery, but the biggest mystery was who she was. It is Christmas Eve back in 1933 in the small town of Willoughby, OH, when people noticed a woman…
One of the hardest things to do when planning a trip is deciding where. Where do we go? Where is the best place to see during the timeframe that we have? Where can we see as much as we can? We had finished our summer…
It is an interesting angle. I am looking up at the blue sky, and there are a few clouds. The glass is dirty from hundreds of others who have walked through here before me. The water, for the most part, is clean, but there is…
There are two places we have been that have a lot of crosses: Quebec and the USA. The Cross at the Crossroads in Effingham, IL, was eye-catching enough that we detoured to get a better view. It is the final days of our summer trip…
