With our new 5th wheel (our new home until we build our long term real, land-based home) having to stay at the dealership for a week to get ready for us, Michael and I had a week in the town of Gananoque. Click here to read about our new 5th wheel! Quality Inn & Suites…
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Canadian Repatriation Adventure – Next Stop – Gananoque, Ontario – Our New To Us 5th Wheel!
Imagine never having stepped foot in a sailboat, or know anything about sailboats but you purchase a 38ft sailboat, put her in the water and then attempt to sail off into the sunset, but you don’t know how to sail and have to learn as you go! That was what buying our RV, our 5th…
Canadian Repatriation Adventure – First Stop – Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s Capital City – Parliament Hill
This was an unexpected find during my wanderings of downtown Ottawa! I can hear the gasp of any Canadian reading this, wondering why I wouldn’t have known this! I will shamefully admit guilty and that I really didn’t know what I was allowed to see and do at Parliament Hill. Thanks to a friendly guard outside…
Canadian Repatriation Adventure – First Stop – Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s Capital City!
We were still on the move immediately after our 14 hour flight from Qatar to Montreal, (click here to read that blog about our [final] last day in Qatar!), but not yet on the move towards our final repatriation destination – Halifax, Nova Scotia! We were on the move to drop off our two cats…
Summer of 2018 – Best Canadian Pecan Butter Tart Challenge!!!
The butter tart – a small pastry filled with sweet buttery syrup that is mixed with either raisins or pecans – or not – then baked to perfection with a crispy top – is known to be the classic Canadian treat enjoyed by many across the expansive country! My favorite of the three varieties of Butter Tart…
Timmins, Canada – Bouncin’ in the Bearskin!
On the start of our journey to British Columbia, Michael and I flew from Timmins to Sudbury, Sudbury to Toronto. From Timmons to Sudbury, we flew with Bearskin Airlines! I kept calling them Bearclaw! Bearskin Airlines The boarding passes are written in English, French and Cree. In the airport restaurant I bought a butter…
Ontario, Canada – Mostly Mileage!
In four days, Michael and I drove a total of 2,598 kilometers throughout Ontario. Now, here is something new to me…… There are many 18-wheelers on the Ontario highways. These drivers are on a schedule. No time to stop and pee…..so they pee in bottles and throw the bottles out the window. These bottles are…
Kapuskasing, Ontario – Keeping Kool in the Kap!
Michael and I returned to Kapuskasing for one more evening with his brother Joel and sister-in-law Dana, but Dana was visiting with her mom and brother in Calgary, Alberta. We enjoyed an evening that started with playing snooker! I had a craving for butter tarts, so I decided to bike into town! Michael joined me…
Mississauga, Ontario – Rompin’ Railways – The Credit Valley Railway Company!
Michael is a train and model train enthusiast! This brought us to Mississauga to visit the model railway supply store – The Credit Valley Railway Company! This was a fun shop filled with EVERYTHING one needs to build a model railroad layout!! S, xo
Millbrook, Ontario – Pretty Pedicure & Puffy Pastry!
On our way to Mississauga, we had a stop in Millbrook. While Michael took care of family business at the small government office, I walked the village! I stopped for a pedicare at Nancy’s Oasis Boutique! Nancy is from Millbrook and has owned the shop for 16 years (I think?). This is one of my…