Category Archives: Travel

My Stompin’ Grounds – SK

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Risa

Saskatchewan, potash capital of Canada, stretches 650 km and takes 6 1/2 hours to traverse. It is very beautiful, green, peaceful, flat, and monotonous as all get out. There are no overpasses for intersecting highways, presumably because that would take … Continue reading →

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My Stompin’ Grounds – AB

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Risa

Southern Alberta is far more lovely than I expected. Heading east, it starts with the beautiful rolling foothills and, before long, transforms into the cavernous badlands. This is dinosaur country! Off in the distance are views of the Rockies, reminding … Continue reading →

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My Stompin’ Grounds – BC

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Risa

We prepared quite a detailed plan on how we were going to drive from BC to our new home in Prince Edward County, Ontario. I also spent quite a long time worrying about how we were going to pack everything … Continue reading →

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Home Again – The Fishing Trip That Was

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Risa

This is a short two-purpose post. We were, in fact, successful in our fifth attempt at ocean fishing for salmon! Warren, of the wonderful First Fish Charters, took us for a 7 hour adventure around the south coast of Bowen … Continue reading →

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Sunshine Coast – The Fishing Trip That Wasn’t

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Risa

Jeff and I are generally pretty lucky. We find a Costanza parking space, we get the convenient break on our property taxes just when we need it, and we luck into a great trade-in deal when buying a new car. … Continue reading →

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Okanagan Sat-Sun

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Risa

We rented a boat on Saturday with some friends from Vancouver and there’s not much more to say about that except post a little picture gallery. Really. All we did was drive fast up and down the lake until our … Continue reading →

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Coronavacation 2020 – we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Risa

We took a break from movie watching to go on a vacation to BC, which is a) where we already live and b) what Dr. Bonnie Henry has deemed to be acceptable. And what better place than to head to … Continue reading →

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Okanagan Thurs-Fri

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Risa

Friday is officially our last winery tour day, which is just as well since we are already about 4 cases in. Getting straight to business, we headed over to Quail’s Gate. We arrived about noon to find out they were … Continue reading →

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Okanagan Tues-Wed

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Risa

On an early morning walk, I came across proof that loons do, in fact, live in the Okanagan. Either that or the Ogopogo has finally made another appearance. We decided to drive down to Okanagan Falls, which is sits at … Continue reading →

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Okanagan Sun-Mon

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Risa

The second we heard BC was moving to Phase 3 (of COVID reopening, in case you are reading this in 2030) we jumped in the car and headed for wine country!! Or, possibly, we looked at travel options in BC … Continue reading →

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