Che Guevara’s tomb. President Obama’s recent visit to the socialist island really was a long overdue step in eliminating the final vestiges of the cold war. American citizens may now…

Beautiful Granada, on the shores of lake Nicaragua Nicaragua is a very hot and very friendly country. In many ways its dramatic volcanic environment is an unfortunate place to wedge…

Fun, Culture and Family, in the Sun By Finn, Dad & Uncle Graham Us boys learning some acrobatics on the beach! Note from Patrick: This contribution was principally designed by…

Finally, a handstand at Machu Pichu 🙂 I love Peru and now it is fair to say another 18 people do as well. I started this contribution while sitting on…

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,…

Victoria’s Beautiful Architecture We have just returned from our annual family trip to Vancouver Island. I love Vancouver Island. Although I travel often to beautiful Victoria, every summer we join…

Finn’s handstand on Prince William Sound 🙂 Alaska is big. It is really, really big. When put inside the lower 48 states of the USA, Alaska stretches from coast to…

Skidmore Market, Portland Wandering through Portland, Oregon’s Skidmore Market on a Sunday I saw a fun and self-deprecating shirt announcing; “Paris was too expensive, so I’m in Portland.” Honest, perhaps,…

The so-called Lost City of the Inca’s, Machu Picchu (MP) is so indisputably Peru’s most iconic attraction that suggesting anything to the contrary is simply argumentative. I have actually sat…

The Frazer Canyon as the Sun Sets Beautiful British Columbia actually claims to be – and I quote – “The Best Place on Earth.”  It has an argument. But on…