“Cowboy Take Me Away”
As high as you can into the wild blue - Dixie Chicks" Matt and I live in what many consider[...]
The Russian Subway Angel
Arriving in RussiaWe were tired. ‘Feel it in your bones’ tired. ‘Non-functioning exhausted’ tired.We had just arrived in St. Petersburg[...]
The Great Canadian Roadtrip with HitTheRoad.ca
Imagine the rich feel of leather enveloping you while staring at a dashboard of buttons that control everything from temperature[...]
Lunch with the sharks: paddling the Everglades
The canoe slid slowly to a stop. The sandy bottom of the ocean grasped the boat with the tenderness of[...]
2022 Year In Review
Long time no post! Blogging post Covid is still something we are trying to figure out. We have been busy(ish)[...]
Going out to dinner in Amman Jordan
To set the stage: Jordan is a Muslim country which means beer is hard to come by. Amman was in[...]
We are quitters! FAQ’s about our retirement plans
When I was a kid, I knew it was never a good thing to quit. My mother made me[...]
The Red Chair in Auyuittuq National Park
We probably wouldn’t have appreciated the chair so much if the weather had been picture perfect leading to that moment.[...]
Hiking the Canol Heritage Trail- Planning Logistics
360 kilometres (222 miles) of remote forest, bog, and mountains on the Canol Heritage Trail were ahead of us as[...]
Mobile Alabama- well worth the visit!
Mobile, Alabama – to pronounce it, spend a little longer on the ‘i’ and pronounce it as an ‘e’ such[...]
Matt’s Take on: The ordinary
"Hunny, would you like breakfast?" Ordinarily, at home, most breakfasts include cornflakes (or fruit loops or some other nasty sugar[...]
The Magic of New Friendships- An Uncruise from Costa Rica to Panama
I felt the magic on the third night of our cruise - sitting on the Bow of the ship drinking[...]
Take a Hike
Europe redefines Old. Every city we have been in has an Old Town, maybe an Old Castle, and certainly Old[...]
Walk like an Egyptian
Egypt! What a place filled with a lot of OLD stuff. It was about surreal to actually find ourselves standing[...]
Rickshaw Run: 3 Wheels, 2 Weeks, 1 Crazy Adventure! Will We Survive?
What is the Rickshaw Run? In a word: Ridiculous. In more words: The Rickshaw Run is a 2 week long adventure[...]
Create the time to travel: 8 easy ways
Travel requires three things: desire, money and time. We hope that after reading a few of our posts you have[...]
Matt’s take on: “Pilgrimming”
"To Pilgrim" - A journey in search of a higher plane. Our pilgrimage was the Camino De Santiago, a 650km[...]
