Gros Morne is one of the crown jewels of the Canadian National Parks and is probably one of the most scenic national parks on the eastern side of Canada and the USA. Not quite at the level of Yosemite, but close and with the fjords on the water, similar to Norway in some respects. Classic... Continue Reading →

By the time that we got to St. John’s, the sun was starting to peak out and we were surprised with the size of St. John’s as we entered town.  After the remoteness of Nova Scotia, we were expecting St. John’s to be another quiet village – quite the opposite – it was a “big... Continue Reading →

The Cabot Trail is a famous (Canada famous at least) road circling Cape Breton island – unlike in New Brunswick, the directions were clear and google maps worked fine (even though most of the trail goes through a national park with a fee).  Between shifting a day to New Brunswick, planning around the weather and... Continue Reading →

We originally planned our road trip to Atlantic Canada to visit three main areas: Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Quebec City for about a week each with a focus on slower pace  than our normal travel while also and test if we could camp for about half the trip.  Many of the places were we going... Continue Reading →

The question some of asked – “Didn’t you move to Australia?” - the answer is yes but we had this trip planned (and paid for) before I knew about the move so we came back for the trip to celebrate our 30th Anniversary. It was our first cruise – we selected Holland America as reviews... Continue Reading →

I have never understood people talking about spending summer Maine, Minnesota, Northern Michigan, and other places I have stereotyped as “not mountains/not beach/not hot”. I get it now – it is basically a warmer version of fall, clear skies, low humidity, and if you are near water, generally spectacular. Spent a lot of time in... Continue Reading →

Second visit to Montreal this year and a little different when it isn’t 10 degrees and we have a local guiding us through their hometown.   As usual, most of the time is working but our hosts attempted a  “Tour De Food” night which was cut short because we were way too old to hit that... Continue Reading →

Since last update, I have spent a lot of time in Ottawa and Toronto but this was my first trip to Calgary and the Canadian Rockies or as the locals call them “the Rockies”.  My time in Calgary was work-focused and meetings, so I didn’t see much of city outside the downtown core but it... Continue Reading →

Been awhile since my last update – although I contemplated retiring and trading cryptocurrencies (which wouldn’t have been the worst move) I returned to my roots at my original company.  I am working in a different industry sector so there are some differences.  Right now, my focus is on projects in Canada and I have... Continue Reading →