Welcome to our Next Adventure – Hiking 400km on the Great Divide Trail! The route follows the Great Divide (also known as the Continental Divide) and runs from the US border near Waterton (Glacier National Park in Montana) North. We are ending our adventure in at Field BC after 30 odd days in the amazing …
When you picture a cruise ship, you likely imagine a large white boat filled with all you can eat buffets and an itinerary that focuses mostly on shore-based shopping excursions. Your expectation would also include the opportunity to do some activity-based tours that cost more. If this is your image of a cruise ship, you …
When Karyn said yes to hiking with us on the Canol Heritage Trail in northern Canada we were pretty surprised. After all, we do have a nasty habit of doing crazy things (like paddling the Horton, hiking Baffin Island, cycling 3500 kms on our first ever bike tour, or bungee jumping in Africa). It was an …
360 kilometres (222 miles) of remote forest, bog, and mountains on the Canol Heritage Trail were ahead of us as we set out on the hike. We hit the trail August 1st, 2019 and finished hiking 22 days later in Norman Wells, NWT. Matt and I were really excited to be joined by our friend …
We probably wouldn’t have appreciated the chair so much if the weather had been picture perfect leading to that moment. What made the red chair in Auyuittuq National Park so memorable was all the work leading up to the moment of finding it. The trip to Baffin Island had been many years in the planning. Ayakshak …
Ok…so I stole that from Lonely Planet..but it is kind of funny. I am talking about summiting Mt. Sinai: the biblical mountain where Moses received the 10 commandments. It is a popular tourist destination and for some reason unclear to us…it must be hiked at night to witness the sun rise. Matt and I are …
“To Pilgrim” – A journey in search of a higher plane. Our pilgrimage was the Camino De Santiago, a 650km trip from St. Jean Pied de Port in southern France to Santiago in Spain. We completed 250km over 10 days. We were told on our first night that every pilgramage should include some suffering. We …
Europe redefines Old. Every city we have been in has an Old Town, maybe an Old Castle, and certainly Old Ruins. When I say Old… I mean 12th -13th century Old. This place makes Calgary’s historical buildings look like diaper clad children! We have climbed Old town hall’s, and marveled at the architecture of Old …