Happy Adventures

Never have my feet hurt so much! We visited the Calgary Zoo this past fall and I wanted to see it all. I hadn't realized it was so big!

I'm not a "morning person" but I have to say that getting up early enough to eat breakfast at The Berry Barn, was more than worth it.

The crowning glory of our visit to Vancouver Island was the Butchart Gardens. Some young friends of our took us there for the afternoon

When I approached Weyburn, I saw a strange building on the hill. I was determined to find out what it was. The town is not very big so I

Upsala is a tiny community with a GIANT mosquito. Upsala is located in beautiful countryside (but boy, do they have a lot of mosquitoes,

Glorious weather made visiting the Promenade du Canal and Parc-nature du Cap-Saint-Jacques even more pleasant than usual.

If I'd known how quaint, pretty, and historic Fredericton was, I would have planned a longer stay. My time there was sublime.

This was my last day in Nova Scotia, I set out to see some of Dartmouth and the Eastern Pass. The first stop was the giant Moose at Cow Bay.

Lawrencetown Beach is my favourite beach in Nova Scotia. It isn't the prettiest, the sandiest, or the longest, but somehow, every time...

Peggy's Cove A new day and another wonderful reunion with a friend from college. Denise studied photography with me at NSCC and was a...

First Stop Hair Cut in Elmsdale One of the things I really missed about Nova Scotia was my hairdresser! I'm very lucky that Kelly, from...

Port Aux Basque Usually, Port Aux Basque is a place you drive by/through on your way to somewhere else, but that day there was time to...

Cape Bonavista! Wow. What an incredible place, full of history, unique architecture, right on the ocean. I know without a doubt I could...

My last day with Cheri was packed with incredible sights. We had blue skies and sunshine, so we headed to the coast at Elliston, with the...

Life in Newfoundland I slept well in little M's pretty pink bedroom. After a shower and a bite to eat, Cheri, Miss M, and I were ready to...

My next stop was Carenville, more importantly, a visit with my friend Cheri and her family. It was such a relief to see the bright red...

The two days spent with Shauna and her family, in their bright yellow house in Lower Island Cove, was like visiting an internet-free...

Time to move on and leave my lovely AirBnB in Portugal Cove. I crammed all my stuff into the Mini Cooper (which already had four winter...

St John's, Newfoundland is packed with history, colour, tourist attractions, and hidden gems, so one day isn't near enough to see...

Landing at the airport in St. John's, Newfoundland, fear began to set in. What the heck was I doing? My friend Shauna and her husband had...