Enjoying perfect weather at the Columbia Icefields and Athabasca Glacier! With ubiquitous images of beaches and sun so often being associated with vacations, it is such a pleasure to spend…


Who would have guessed that a Brazilian would be so thrilled to spend winter in sub-zero temperatures sliding down the mountains on skis? In order to understand my passion for…

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,…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

In Toronto new always meets old! After finishing a day of work in Toronto I ran out to a barber shop for a quick trim. The barber was from Libya,…