For six years, my son (now 10) has been asking to go camping. Every year, I give him the canned “maybe” Mom answer while noncommittally looking everywhere but into his eyes. It’s not that I’ve never been outdoorsy…it’s just that I haven’t been in a long, long time. The answer? An Algoquin Park canoe trip…
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9 fun weekend getaways in Ontario
What started as a pandemic pivot for my travel writing has turned into a passion project that continues to chronicle some of Ontario’s best road trips. This new Weekend Getaways in Ontario post will not only relieve some of the lags you may have experienced accessing my original Road Trips from Toronto post that had…
Algonquin camping for anyone (even newbies!)
Maybe you’re an expert canoe tripper who’s ready to portage dozens of kilometres to find the perfect site. Maybe you just want to head into Algonquin Park for the day with someone who can show you around. Maybe you camped as a kid in Scouts but no longer remember any of your survival skills. Or…
Scouts games, team-building games for kids & more
As my kids inch closer to starting their first year of Scouts in Canada, I’ve been taking a look online to see what kinds of Scouts games they’ll be doing and how those play-based activities will help them develop skills to conquer the “real world” as they get older. From team-building games for kids to…
What to pack for a canoe trip with kids
So I took my kids camping. After asking for six years, I relented last summer and took my eldest on a one-on-one trip. Well, sort of; we went on a very full-service, all-inclusive canoe adventure with Wild Adventures Canada. And this summer, we loved it so much that we took the whole fam-jam. There’s still…
A luxury escape in Elora Ontario
In the past two years, we’ve visited Elora Ontario three times. Twice with the kids and most recently just the hubs and me. Every time we go, we are blown away by the scenery, how much there is to see and do and the excellent food. If you’d just like to do a casual family…
Skiing in Whistler & more: winter planning guide
Skiing in Whistler. It’s a dream I’ve had for the last three years, when I started to feel confident in my ability to take on big-mountain slopes. Don’t get me wrong — I’ve skied bigger, like Park City Mountain, and really challenging terrain, like Lake Louise. But I didn’t do it well and I spent…
10th annual holiday gift guide
It’s 2021 and this is my 10th Holiday Gift Guide. (And I’m giving away $13,000+ in holiday gifts, too!) Can you even believe that this holiday gift guide is in its 10th year? It has grown from pretty humble beginnings before I’d even been blogging for a full year into one of the most robust…
2020 Holiday Gift Guide
It’s my 9th-annual holiday gift guide, y’all! I’m not gonna lie, friends: my holiday gift guide almost didn’t happen this year. As you’ve heard me say for years, this little labour of love takes many hundreds of hours to put together. And, well, 2020 just hasn’t blessed me with a lot of free time. Like…
Awesome road trips from Toronto
(This road trips from Toronto post was updated on June 8, 2022) When more than half of your content is in the travel category and a global pandemic hits, shutting down international and provincial borders and making even something as simple as a weekend hotel stay questionable, you have to pivot. And fast. Welcome to…