Our two-week road trip through England found us going from Manchester to the Peak District to Cambridge to Canterbury to Dover to West Bay to Stonehenge to Bath to The Cotswolds to Kenilworth to Oxford to Windsor and finally back into London. We explored historic sites, looked in awe at soaring vistas, visited many many … [Read more]
In early October, we booted it south in one looooong drive from Winnipeg to KC to spend a couple days in Kansas City. We went specifically to catch a Thursday night NFL game between The Kansas City Chiefs and their rival The Denver Broncos. All we knew going into KC was that we were going … [Read more]
Last year, my cousin Kathy contacted me and my sis and the rest of the family on our mother’s side to get together for a family reunion. It had been way too long since we had seen one another — our last reunion was in July 2005! Since then, unfortunately, we’ve only seen each other … [Read more]
In spring 2022 most of the travel restrictions had been lifted and Chuck and I were itching to hit the road somewhere. We thought a U.S. road trip to the south would be fun. Especially to our ears if we hit up some of the great music cities of the south. Think jazz in New … [Read more]
Way back in 2018 — oh, remember those glory days before corona — I meant to share a bit about our adventure along the Atlantic Coast while we were road tripping through Newfoundland. I had posted about our trip then, but I mostly left out our journey to the ruggedly beautiful Witless Bay Ecological Reserve … [Read more]
Chuck loves goats. If you know him, you know this about him. They are like his favourite animals. He follows 100% Goats, because they guarantee 200% goats. And in late summer of 2019, we decided to spend our vacation following a few different kind of GOATs. And it was 1000% worth it. U.S. Open Our … [Read more]
In early June, we embarked on our latest Canadian road trip, this time to the furthest eastern part of North America: Newfoundland. This was our last province to tackle together, we’ve road tripped to and from every single province in this country and we think we left the best ’til last. However, this country is so large and vast in its … [Read more]
Well, hello friends, it’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Sometimes I think I could be a decent travel blogger and then reality hits when I realize it’s been four months and I’ve hardly written a lick on here. Life happens. But on a particularly steamy afternoon in early January in Lahaina, life was good. So, sooo … [Read more]
Do you sometimes think your tech device is getting to know you a little too well? Like freakishly so? This actually came across my mind on the last day of my latest travel adventure to Maui — one of the prettiest and relaxing places in the world. Trust me. On this particular visit, I found myself … [Read more]
“Travelling — it leaves you speechless then turns you into a storyteller.” When I started this blog way back when, my goal was for it to force me to write more often, become more comfortable with writing and hopefully help me become a better writer over time. Through the years I’ve found the easiest stories to write about are my … [Read more]
You know what’s silly? Trying to book a trip to Alberta three weeks before heading there. Especially during the height of high season. Because of such silliness, the amount of time I spent contacting hotels was too damn high! — furiously shakes fist — Luckily, at some point it all sort of fell into place for us — whew … [Read more]
Chuck and I absolutely love living the road trip life. We’ve tackled quite a bit of this magnificent country by car (west coast in 2010, east coast in 2014, Ontario in 2015), but we haven’t road tripped so much here at home in Manitoba. Before you begin throwing shade and shame at us, we are trying to … [Read more]
Weekend getaways are the best, aren’t they? A short trip away from work, home and any type of responsiblity is just the ticket to rejuvinating the soul. Our latest adventure took us to Ottawa and Niagara over the Thanksgiving weekend to experience one of the loveliest times of year. We started in Ottawa, road tripped to the Niagara … [Read more]
The absolute highlight of our “San Fran with the Fam” girls trip was hands down the day we spent touring Napa Valley. We arrived thirsty, we left cloudy. In between, we sampled wines, delighted over inspired dishes by Thomas Keller and had a Taylor Swift sing-off in the limo. Yeah, that day was a memory lifer.
The Road to Hana, a drive so nice, we did it twice! For this year’s journey through the jungle, we decided to hit up different places than we did on our first go-around. Not a hard task since there are many, many ways to explore the legendary Hana Highway.
