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Drinks Round the World: The Canada Cocktail
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 1 September 2009
It is the first of the month and this tradition is catching on. Started by TheTravelExperta and LifeCruiser Drinks Round the World is a fantastic way for Travel Bloggers to unite and share a cocktail together. Right now we are in Canada, and we want to start our own little tradition at the PlanetD of having a drink that is traditional, unique or popular in the Country that we are happen to be in when the first of the month comes around.
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Pebble / Keyhole Hot Spring
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 29 August 2009
I arrive in Pemberton a day before my brother Mike, so there is plenty of time to do some odd jobs; I clean and organize the Jeep, sew up holes in my tent, do a couple of workouts and read in the sun. Mike rides into town in the early afternoon and we both can’t [...]
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Aiyansh Hot Springs
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 26 August 2009
I turn off the Stewart-Cassiar onto “The Cutoff”; 55 km of nasty, rocky gravel that takes me into the town of New Aiyansh and leads on to Aiyansh Hot Springs. I cross into Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park, an area of relatively recent volcanic activity. I pass by many “lava beds”, massive regions of [...]
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Stewart-Cassiar Highway (Hwy 37)
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 23 August 2009
Driving up and down the Alaska Highway in the Liard area is giving me headache inducing déjà vu, so I’m happy to turn off familiar roads onto the Stewart-Cassiar highway. I drive for less than an hour and decide I like this road. I like it a lot. It’s narrow, windy, seems to have no line [...]
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Portage Brûlé Hot Spring
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 20 August 2009
Today’s update is written in the style of my favorite guide book (no points for guessing which one…) Portage Brûlé Hot Spring up to 48 ˚C (118 ˚F) These seldom visited springs are situated on the north shore of the Liard River about 3 kms (2 mi.) downstream from the mouth of the Coal River. Round-trip hiking time [...]
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Ode To A Canadian Appalachian Spring
Blog: Curves and Levels - 20 August 2009
Like me, now that summer is peaking, many others will be escaping the city swelter and seeking out campsites and cottages throughout this captivating region. Even an afternoon's drive through the greenery is change of scenery enough, if that's all the time one has.
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Wildlife Wednesday; The Wolves of Haliburton Forest
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 19 August 2009
About 3 hours north of Toronto way up in Central Ontario is one of our favorite places in the Province. Haliburton forest is a nature lovers dream. A place for hiking, mountain biking and canoeing in the summer and cross country skiing and dog sledding in the winter. But it is the Haliburton Forest Wild Life and Reserve that has kept us coming back.
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Ville de Québec avec un bébé (Québec City With Baby)
Blog: Have Baby Will Travel - 19 August 2009
With every trip we take with our daughter, I get less and less concerned about how she’ll handle the journey, and how to keep her occupied en route. This was trip number 6 for her, and at 3.5-years-old, she’s a great little traveler. Because I was a big chicken (and thankfully I was because that [...]
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Deer River Hot Springs
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 17 August 2009
Bush whacking through head high ferns inter-laced with deliciously ripe raspberries I had to wonder what the local four-legged furry residents thought of my being here. I hadn’t yet come to terms with why I was there. Why do I enjoy getting myself as far away from civilization as possible all in the pursuit of hot [...]
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Whitewater canoeing Pt. 2
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 12 August 2009
The next morning the wind was down and we made our way down the shoreline of the West Arm of the lake. We checked and double-checked and made a group decision to cross, knowing full well we were all dead if we capsized. As Brett very calmly stated “If a grizzly bear falls out of the [...]
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Chocolat et Tourtière et Poutine, Oh My!
Blog: Have Baby Will Travel - 10 August 2009
or… What I fed my family in Quebec City (Part 1)… In the grand scheme of international cuisine, the French are up there with their Michelin stars and their Zagat bias… Now Quebec City is a little slice of Paris with plenty of charming cafés and elegant bistros, but when you’re feeding a family (that includes a [...]
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Atwater Market
Blog: Curves and Levels - 9 August 2009
Finally ripe from Quebec's vast fields, city dwellers can now get the fresh stuff. "Picked this morning," was the promise at this venerable institution next to the Lachine Canal.
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Whitewater canoeing
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 9 August 2009
Brett and I had been throwing around a bunch of different ideas for the major adventure we should undertake together. Originally it was a multi-day hike into the very remote Deer River Hot Springs – the whole reason I met Brett in the first place. We also threw around the idea of trying to find [...]
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Chillin’ Yukon Style
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 5 August 2009
Before I left the Yukon I needed to get the full-on experience with some full-on locals. I found Brett and Eva on the internet as the only known people to have ever actually made it to the very very remote Deer River Hot Springs – Brett loves telling all his friends I’m an Australian he [...]
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Les FrancoFolies, Saturday Night
Blog: Curves and Levels - 3 August 2009
I was a fish out of water, this new Montrealer from western Canada sampling the celebration of music and language that is Les Francofolies. This is the latest offering in Montreal's summer-long season of festivals, held at the Quartier des Spectacles on Rue Ste.-Catherine.
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Our Favorite Attractions in Niagara Falls
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 31 July 2009
It is the peak of our tourist season here in Ontario, so I thought that I would write a post for anyone visiting Toronto now or in the near future to let them our favorite attractions in Niagara Falls.
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Niagara Falls with Kids
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 29 July 2009
If you're planning to spend a few days exploring Niagara Falls with your family, you'll be able to see and do everything. On a shorter visit---say half a day---you'll have to pick and choose carefully.
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Atlin Warm Springs
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 28 July 2009
Ever on the lookout for remote hot springs, I made a detour to the mysterious mining town of Atlin at the end of a good gravel road just over the border in British Columbia. Twenty odd kilometers south of town are three warm springs, the first of which was the focus of my attention. A pool [...]
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Oh, Canada
Blog: No Borders - 27 July 2009
Ontario, Canada - This weekend we drove from Detroit to Toronto for a wedding. It's the first time I have been to Toronto in about 15 years, and the first time I have driven over the border in almost a decade.We all know that times have changed since 9/11. But driving to Canada was a bit of a shock for someone who used to drive to Windsor to go drinking on a Saturday night. Nowadays, passports are definitely required and it takes at least a half-hour just to cross the border.
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The Chilkoot Trail
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 25 July 2009
Evidence of the Klondike Gold Rush that swept through Alaska and the Yukon has been visible in every direction across the north. No image captures the hardships the stampeders endured better than that of hundreds of weary people in a seemingly endless line carrying back-breaking loads over Chilkoot Pass. In the winter of 1897/8 100,000 hopeful [...]
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Freefalling at Niagara Falls; Work Can be Play
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 25 July 2009
This week was no exception. We spent 2 days running around Niagara Falls checking out and promoting some sights.
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Whats for Dinner? – Top 5 Exotic Food Experiences
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 25 July 2009
In the spirit of our up and coming Asia trip I decided to take a look at some of the most exotic foods I have come across over the last few years. Some are delicious, some are…not delcious but everything is worth a try right? 5) Caribou, Arctic Canada Probably the most common food source for Inuit [...]
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African Night
Blog: Curves and Levels - 24 July 2009
The Festival International Nuits d'Afrique de Montréal runs from July 14-26 and most of the performances are indoors at various clubs around town. Yesterday was the one outdoor dust-up at Place Émilie-Gamelin.
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Auroras Borealis – Photo Essay
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 23 July 2009
As summer zips by us, the days in the north country become shorter and shorter. We have already begun to see the shift in daylight which bring with it a chance to glimpse one of the most beautiful light shows on earth, the Auroa Borealis. These are photos I took last night while being eaten alive [...]
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Twins On Parade
Blog: Curves and Levels - 19 July 2009
As part of Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival yesterday, the Twins Parade marched from Place des Festivals on Ste.-Catherine Street to the Quartier Latin on lower St.-Denis for the 12th consecutive year.
