Archive for the ‘Adventure’ Category
Camping lesson #1: If there’s no nature, it’s not worth it
In an attempt to bring ourselves back into the camping spirit now that we have children, we bought a pop-up tent trailer this spring. I admit that we swallowed our pride when we parked it in our driveway. It really put a damper on our camping “street-cred.” Just as we defiantly swore we’d never buy a minivan just because we [...]
Tom Thomson knew a good thing when he found it
The celebrated artist Tom Thomson and his comtemporaries in The Group of Seven spent a great deal of time in Algonquin Park. The Park was more rugged then, and more quiet I’m sure. But despite the changes over the years, this Park remains as inspiring as ever.
Hubby and I have had a long-lasting love affair with this Park. So much [...]
The Winter Resolution series: Bush party! (shhhh … pass it on)
When I was a teenager, every so often word would spread that a “bush party” was going to take place on the weekend. Unlike the “house party” which took place at some poor unsuspecting parent’s home while they were away, a “bush party” involved no house, just a location in the woods somewhere.
The two types of parties still shared some [...]
The Winter Resolution series: I did it!
The last item on my winter resolution list was: “Go on winter hike in the Adirondack mountain range.”
It certainly seemed a lofty goal for a book-worm gal like me, but hey, I put it out there in writing on my blog and while I don’t mind being a private wimp, I don’t like being a public wimp. So off we [...]
Onward & upward! 250 of the best places to stay, cities to see and finds worth finding in 2010
The Christmas frenzy is now over and I love looking forward to a fresh new year full of possibilities.
To get yourself dreaming for the year ahead, check out today’s Ottawa Citizen’s Travel Section (print). Laura Robin, the paper’s Travel Editor, does an annual roundup of “best lists” — 250 of the best places to stay, cities to see and finds worth finding.
In [...]
The Winter Resolution
Although I gave up New Year’s resolutions ages ago, I have made a winter resolution for this year.
I’ve got a terrible track record with resolutions, and thus why the New Year’s ones were deemed a fruitless exercise. But I am hoping I can make some progress on this. For my own sanity as well as for my family.
My resolution is [...]
Letter from South Korea: Part 2
In my first “Letter from South Korea,” we covered off the basics of who, what, when and why Meaghan Harrison chose to leave Canada and teach English overseas. Now, in Part 2, we can learn a bit more about this experience on a personal level.
You’ve been in South Korea for six months now … what’s been the most challenging aspect [...]
Letter from South Korea: Part 1
How does a recent graduate stay hopeful?
The unemployment rate for youth climbed to 14.9 per cent in May, says Stats Can. One in five young adults have moved in with a friend or relative, says Maclean’s. Most are suffering from recession anxiety, says the Calgary Herald.
If you’re graduating soon, recently graduated or a parent of one of the former, I [...]
Robson Rambling: A Recap
My “baby” brother Adam (he’s 26) saved me from some expensive life insurance after I posted “His Next Great Adventure.” The four of them were not, in fact, climbing Mount Robson, but instead were hiking Berg Lake Trail. They are all back safe & sound now, and thrilled with their adventure-filled time together. Even though Adam is supposed to be sweating it [...]
His next great adventure
People who meet us now, after 12 years of marriage, invariably like to say, “Opposites attract!” But it wasn’t always this way.
When we first met, we both shared a love of nature. Not a love from afar, a love that compelled us to trek deep into its midst. As far as we could go, to places where you really felt [...]
