A couple of weeks ago we decided to undertake a little escape and arranged to spend a week out on the coast. Not a complete vacation, but at least an opportunity to spend time in a different house and at least have the sounds of the ocean in the background. We have been out toContinue reading “Escape to the Beach”
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Bringing Thanksgiving Travel Home
So normally we travel somewhere fun for Thanksgiving, as being Canadian we don’t have a lot of family obligations during this time of the year. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October – hey, it’s a lot colder up there and you have to bring the harvest in earlier. We have been lucky in that my wifeContinue reading “Bringing Thanksgiving Travel Home”
A Little Adventure in Hickory
A couple of weekends ago we were able to enjoy a small grasp of sanity and normalcy, as we took advantage of a rare 85 degree late October Saturday. We enjoyed a scenic drive up and around Charlotte and up towards Hickory, NC. The goal was just to enjoy a little bit of foliage viewing,Continue reading “A Little Adventure in Hickory”
The Appalachian Pygmy Yeti
Whenever we go on a family vacation there always seems to be some kind of weird narrative that develops. Or it could just be that my mind works a little oddly and I take a very small incident and blow it up into a full scale story as a background for whatever our latest adventureContinue reading “The Appalachian Pygmy Yeti”
The Free Range Viking 