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It’s been a long road these last six months. In that time we’ve been to ten countries and set foot on four continents. We’ve logged over 28,377 kilometers (or 17,632 miles for our American friends), as the crow flies. Now that we’re back in Canada for the summer, it’s time to get my Canadian on… Continue reading Oh Canada! The Joy of Going Home 
On opening weekend at Sun Peaks Ski Resort in beautiful British Columbia, Canada, we found out how much snowboarding, hot tubs and chocolate we could handle. Turns out, it’s a heck of a lot. Continue reading Getting our Happiness On at Sun Peaks Resort 
We love our hot tubs. There’s something wonderfully relaxing about sliding your tired body into steaming water, leaning your head back, and breathing in crisp, clean mountain air. We were seriously in need of a getaway. We’ve been planning travel itineraries, booking rooms, and all the not-so fun things we need to do to prepare for a long trip. So when we had a chance to visit the Delta Residences at Sun Peaks we jumped at the chance. Continue reading A Little Slice of Hot Tub Heaven at the Delta Residences at Sun Peaks 
Dating back over 150 years, we look at the history and the story behind the place known locally as Tranquille. It is a journey of discovery for us as well as a look back for the thousands of people that have lived and worked there over the past century. Come along with us as we unearth its past and look to its future. Continue reading Tranquille – A History In The Making 
We stopped by Tranquille Farm Fresh in Kamloops, BC on a sunny fall day to sample their fresh produce, run through the corn maze and learn a little about history. We found what we came for, and much more. Tranquille Farm Fresh has a fascinating history, with roots in the gold rush, days as a former tuberculosis sanatorium, and even an incarnation as a mental institution… Continue reading Farmers Market, Food and Fun at Tranquille Farm Fresh 
I imagine this is what the moon looks like; a landscape bleached and barren, rocks twisted and torn by an alien wind. The four of us stand motionless in the hot sun, sweat running down our backs, trying to make sense of the bizarre vista in front of us. We’re in the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, nestled firmly in the grasslands of Canada’s lonely prairies. Cretaceous shale and sandstone are exposed in eerie, lunar formations wherever a rare stream slashes a deep cut into the parched soil. Each turn of our walk reveals more … Continue reading Unique World Heritage Site You’ve Never Heard Of: Dinosaur Provincial Park 
We’ve traveled all over the world, finding exotic landscapes wherever we go. Sometimes, though, it’s easy to overlook the beauty close to home. Here are some of the lovely sights we found when visiting … Continue reading Grandma’s Garden: A Photo Essay 
To say summer in Canada is a big thing is definitely an understatement. After months and months of cold weather, the average Canadian emerges in late Spring with a vigor unlike anything they’ve felt in the past eight months. There’s a strange electricity in the air as everyone gets ready for a few great months of weather before the inevitable cold returns. As such, the majority of us tend to cram as many fair weather activities into our summers as humanly possible. With that in mind we head to the prairies and cottage lake country where I find not only a healthy dose of back to nature enjoyment but also a reminder of the way I spent my youth… Continue reading Canadian Cottage Life – A Simple Vacation or Something More? 
We were told this would be the most amazing salmon run in 100 years, but nothing prepared us for the incredible sight of British Columbia’s Adams River teeming with thousands of crimson red Sockeye salmon thrashing and heaving their way upstream. Millions of salmon return to their spawning beds in the Adams River each year. Fighting their way from the Pacific ocean, the salmon swim 400 kms (250 miles) upstream, all to lay their eggs and die in the river they hatched from four years before. After all this, only one of 4,000 eggs lives to be an adult. Those that survive make their way to the Pacific, where they live until they repeat the cycle and return to the river four years later. It’s not fully understood how the salmon navigate back to their river of birth. The photos are from the salmon run in 2010, which saw over 100 million salmon. This was the single largest salmon run of this century, dwarfing … Continue reading Watching the Salmon Run of the Century at the Adams River, British Columbia 
This winter we decided to make it a work season. We usually enjoy celebrating Canada’s coldest season simply by not being here. Hockey lovers, skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers, cross country skiing lovers and all those other winter pastime people are pretty much crazy in our minds. Sure, if you’re stuck here anyway you should make the most of it and provided the weather is nice all of those can be quite enjoyable. We however, would much rather be just about anywhere else during the season of snowstorms, windchill warning days and “the greyness” as we like to call it. Since we were trapped here for the winter and Micki’s contract was scheduled until May we decided that a short warm vacation was in order. We never knew how much of an adventure we’d have before we even got on the plane though… Continue reading Kamloops to Waikiki, a Mini Adventure in the Making |
       
About Charles & Micki We first left home on a year long trip back in 2003, and have been hooked on travel ever since. Today, we're sharing the joy of travel with our two little adventurers. Read More...
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