It seemed like a great idea. I know plenty of people that camp with their toddlers and babies. Fresh air, sunshine, woods, a large body of water close by. It seemed like a wonderful escape.
So we went to Costco, bought a big family-sized tent (we would be doing LOTS of camping in the years to come), called a bunch of friends, and booked several campsites in Elk Island National Park. (more…)
Travelling to Vancouver on a budget? Although Vancouver, B.C. is one of Canada’s largest and busiest cities, filled with culture and life, it is also one of Canada’s most beautiful outdoor cities. Embedded in a coastal rainforest, surrounded on two sides by mountains, and situated next to ocean waters, Vancouver is blessed with (more…)
At 7:30 PST yesterday I had a burst of olympic spirit and sat down in front of the PC to check out the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympiad. Having some technical difficulties, my family and I frantically surfed until I located a couple of live streamed telecasts. Finally we were ready to go, and enjoyed the next few hours of wonderfully synchronized skating, poetry, music, and aerial acrobatic super slalomers and snowboarders. It was a very heart warming celebration punctuated by
Every winter in Edmonton, when the world outside is covered in large amounts of snow, and wind gusts blow chilly air into all the nooks and crannies that haven’t been well enough covered up, I hibernate. The whole family hibernates. Even the kids don’t go out to play in the snow; we bring a bucket of it inside. Right now, I am seeing all my Edmontonian friends chuckling and shaking their heads. What wimps we are, afraid of a little cold and snow. But, c’mon, I’m from Vancouver. Winter in Vancouver (more…)
