The Greater Toronto area can be a tremendously fun place to get together with your friends for exciting activities. Now that restrictions are lifting and we are allowed to partake in activities again (even if socially distant), we are all looking to fill our calendars with bucket list-type excursions. I’ve compiled a list of my…
Being a resident of Toronto, and a lover of nature, I am incredibly lucky to be able to explore so many conservation and green spots in the surrounding area. Of all of the exciting parts of the outdoors to hike and appreciate are waterfalls near Toronto. There are no waterfalls in the City of Toronto….
Leaving on a vacation to a foreign land for a family vacation is really exciting, a ton of fun and requires serious planning. However, some of the finer details that can actually make or break your holiday happens on the road. No amount of planning can predict whether or not you’re going to face rain…
Heading into the second summer of the pandemic means more local travel. Since we cannot fly internationally yet, I am planning a series of small, shorter Ontario road trips for the kids and me. From our home in Toronto, I am planning trips within a five to six-hour driving radius. However, because these trips are…
This past winter was the first one in many years that my kids and I did not feel that Southern Hemisphere sun on our pasty, cold Canadian bodies. Double pain for me, I used to travel to Florida every winter growing up to visit my Grandparents who were snowbirds and had a place to live…
Here’s a huge lesson for us all on how Facebook does not protect the users, our intellectual property and Facebook fails to protect kids. I never thought this could happen to me, but here we are. This is my experience and this is what I am trying to do about it. On February 26, one…
*COVID-19 TRAVEL ALERT – I am writing and providing you information on Algonquin Provincial Park Visitor Centre. I am not encouraging you to travel there right now. It is currently closed due to the pandemic* Chances are good, if you have been to Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario in the past couple of decades,…
What is the world’s oldest country? Have you ever given it thought about which countries were founded before our modern times? What were the country’s borders? The oldest countries in the world might be a bit of what you expect and some you didn’t even imagine would make the list! Back in the spring, a…
One of the best things to do in Windsor, Ontario, in my humble opinion is The J.P. Wiser’s Experience, also known as the Hiram Walker Whisky Tour. When I think back on memorable experiences, this is definitely one of them. Not only do you get to tour through the cooking, fermentation, and distillation areas, the…
*COVID-19 TRAVEL ALERT – I am writing and providing you information on Watkins Glen Gorge Trail. I am not encouraging you to travel there right now * Where am I happiest? Outside of course. Take me on a trail and I’ll love you forever and ever and ever. Take me to Watkins Glen Gorge…