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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

We rode first class on the Alaska Rail Early in July I had my first full tour experience – and with my dad :).  Even better, it was in Alaska! We…

This trip was not the typical cruise adventure, rather they wanted to go inland and frankly so did I. Everyday was an event and I remember why I love the…

Finn saying goodbye to Windells I have just finished a great 10 days in Oregon. We drove all the way down from our mountain town of Canmore, via BC, Idaho,…

*This article was written in 2015, before Donald Trump was elected president. The recent attempt to overthrow the US government simply seems the inevitable culmination of years of hate-mongering, lies…