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Advice and sometimes reviews of cool places to which we travel. Many are attractions we’ve enjoyed while camping while others are guides to interesting cities or locations encountered during our travels.
I’ve noticed a troubling trend in my life. As I age, humbling moments seem to be occurring with increasing frequency. Specifically, the “holy crap am I getting stupid” type. One such example occurred during a family visit to Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto. Now, I’ve always been a little dumb. Who isn’t? So, this … Read more
Returning home to visit family over Christmas is a lovely tradition, but an exhausting one. So much so, that you sometimes need a side trip in the middle of it as a distraction. That mid-trip distraction, in turn, can further drain the batteries in which case you sometimes need a detour from the side trip … Read more
I discovered Famous People Players a decade ago whilst hunting for Christmas gifts for family. Dinner and a show was just the kind of experience I sought and by all accounts my gift was a rousing success. Ever since, I’ve been wanting to see this fascinating performance myself. This past Christmas, it finally happened. That … Read more
Silver boom towns just don’t get the love that gold boom towns do. Compare Sandon, B.C. with Barkerville, B.C. as exhibit A for my argument. Both are 19th century boomtowns that became ghost towns. Both are linear, creek-side towns in the foothills of nearby mountain ranges. Only one, however, has been rebuilt and operates as … Read more
Canadian history has a knack for occurring in the middle of nowhere. This is particularly true of New World colonial history which is, to be fair, not all that surprising. In some cases, however, like the Fort Walsh National Historic Site, that history remains in the middle of nowhere. Okay, that’s a little hyperbolic and … Read more