Hoggs Falls Hogg’s Falls, located just outside of Flesherton, is one of the many waterfalls of Grey County, Ontario. Located on the Boyne River, Hogg’s Falls is about a 2 hour drive north of Toronto and 40 minutes from Collingwood. This is a small, secluded and mostly wild waterfall, located in forest preserve within…
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 (30,500 acres) is located on Mount Desert Island with 10,156 acres within Bar Harbour’s boundary lines.…
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 so when I was researching our trip to Acadia National park, I was excited to find…
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 were on our way to visit friends in Maine and hike Acadia National Park, we decided…
This May, we visited Paris. Apparently, the springtime is supposed to be the perfect time to visit and while we didn’t have the best weather, we did have a great visit. We had several very nice days, a couple of cool days and a few rainy days. Some days it rained much heavier than others…
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. In this section, each blue-blazed side trail leads you back to the main Trail, and each…
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 night out at O’Reilly’s listening to some Newfoundland music, the first spot on our visit list…
The Distillery District is a commercial and residential district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, east of downtown, which is made up of numerous cafés, restaurants, and shops housed within incredible heritage buildings of the former Gooderham and Worts Distillery. At one point, Gooderham & Worts was the largest distillery in the British Empire. First established as…
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 Five National Marine Park, where you also find Flower Pot Island. The Grotto is located close…
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 expect to find open fields, limestone bluffs and woodlands carpeted in green undergrowth, which provide the…
