Travel Stories

Established originally as Sieur de Monts National Monument in 1916, Acadia National Park encompasses more than 48,000 acres on Mount Desert Island, the Schoodic Peninsula, Isle Au Haut, and many smaller coastal islands.  The major portion of the park…

Recently we visited Acadia National Park in Maine and the only hike that was mandatory for me was The Jesup Path. Why? Because of the birch trees.  Anyone who knows me knows that birch trees are my favourite tree…

This year we discovered Watkins Glen State Park. I had read about it on several occasions before but we have not really made much of an effort to visit the US in the past five years. So while we…

Standing Rock Caves Trail We have now hiked this trail in every season and this is still my favourite hike around Collingwood. This hike combines the blue-blazed Standing Rock and Singhampton Side Trails with the white-blazed main Bruce Trail.…

Quidi Vidi Village (above). After more than two years of waiting, we finally managed to get to Newfoundland this summer for two weeks with our friends Dorothy and Mark from Victoria. After settling in to our hotels and a…

The Grotto, up north of us, in the Bruce Peninsula National Park, has become one of Southern Ontario’s most popular tourist destinations in the summer. Located near Tobermory, it’s close to lots of other tourist destinations such as Fathom…

The Nottawasaga Bluffs Conservation Area is a 400-acre jewel on the Escarpment. The unique geology has created a veritable land before time, as deep crevasses cut their way through the hardwood and coniferous forest. During the hike, you can…