It’s All Downhill From Here :)

Former Olympian Ken Reid and GM Andre Quenneville – the first on the lift this morning We’re Back Skiing in the Canadian Rockies As of 10 AM, Mountain Standard Time,…

New England, (Central) Canada & New York – in the Fall

A sugar maple erupting in fall red! I have just returned from a month of colours in central Canada and the Eastern USA. I maintained my internal enthusiasm for woodland florescence…

The Golden Days of Fall in the Rockies

Glorious Tamaracks in the Rockies Mid-September can be magical in British Columbia and Alberta. When it all comes together, the larch, birch and tamarack trees erupt into beautiful golden hues,…

I’m not a racist, but ….. (Je ne suis pas raciste, mais…)

Canada is in the dying days of a painful and tiring national election. With a small and extremely diverse population spread across the second largest sovereign land-mass on earth, speaking…

Revealing Intolerance – Canada is NOT FULL

As can be expected, the recent humanitarian crisis in Syria elicits many emotions and perhaps some serious debate. Of course it has also opened a platform for bigotry, intolerance and…

Flag Not Required… No Need to Export Patriotism

Travel is often called the best education – both structured and unintended. The visitor, one would hope, should be the most affected by the experience in a learning context But…

Falling from 8000 feet – How did we survive?

Just another hike – this one is Vancouver Island, but we ‘climb’ throughout the mountains. Falling from 8000 ft – How did we survive! Well, we actually survived because it…

T-Rex Centre and Dinosaur Provincial Park

I bought Candace’s book and started planning a trip to Eastend, with my son and his best friend, both of whom are dinosaur fanatics. T-rex Centre, Eastend, Saskatchewan The T-Rex…

Go Ahead in the Rockies

What a lovely, enthusiastic group – just like travelling with friends! A few of our travellers heading up to Gold Leaf This is a group-specific blog for the Go Ahead…

Sleeping Out in the Rockies at Camp Chief Hector

This was my third year at Camp Chief Hector – they offer day camps for younger kids and sleep over camps for kids my age and older.  You have the…

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