travel dates: June, 2025 Ah, Kingston! Birthplace of famed Canadian rock band, The Tragically Hip. Here, unnecessarily, are my three favorite Tragically Hip songs: Wheat Kings, Bobcaygeon, Poets. These are actually perhaps the only Tragically Hip songs I can even name. I’ve spent a fair amount of time trying to get more into the band, […]
Two Days in Toronto with Kids and Teens
travel dates: June, 2024 By the end of our first day in Toronto, I’d had an epiphany: the second “t” in Toronto is silent. “Just like Atlanta!” I thought. Also like Atlanta, Toronto can feel sort of…generic big city-esque. There are tall buildings, and people hurrying around doing business things, and they’re not always as […]
Corner Brook: RVing Newfoundland with Kid and Teens….the LAST Newfoundland Post!!
travel dates: July, 2023 The time has come: back in July of 2023 it was almost time for us to leave Newfoundland and here in real time I’m writing my very last blog post in this series…about our two night stop in Corner Brook as we made our way back to the ferry in Port […]
Bronte Creek Provincial Park near Toronto: Campground Review
travel dates: June, 2024 We’d never been to Toronto before our summer, 2024 trip…but we had planned to go to Toronto more than once. Or at least thought about it. We considered a stop there on our canceled 2020 trip. And then again for our 2021 trip that actually happened…but happened without the Canada parts owing to […]
Niagara Falls: Canada Edition
travel dates: June, 2024 We spent a couple of days in Niagara Falls in 2021, but that was back when Canada was still closed, so we were restricted to gazing longingly across the water from the US at the bright lights of the considerably more touristy Canadian side of things. So we were excited that […]
Elliston, Newfoundland: It’s Finally Time for Puffins!
travel dates: July, 2023 Look! I put a puffin picture right at the top, so no one would have to wait for puffins for another second! Puffins are amazing. And the little town of Elliston in Newfoundland is one of the best places in the world to see them up close. Lots and lots and lots […]
15 Things to Do in St. John’s, Newfoundland with Kids and Teens (and Parents and Grandparents)
travel dates: July, 2023 This is going to be a long one! “Go east and then keep on going. You’ll eventually find the oldest city in North America,” tweeted the Newfoundland and Labrador tourism account back in 2018. They meant St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital and its biggest city by far (it’s nine times […]
Don’t Skip Fogo Island/Brimstone Head RV Park: RVing Newfoundland with Kids and Teens
travel dates: June 2023 We watched a lot of YouTube videos about Newfoundland while we were planning our trip. One particularly memorable one featured a day trip to Fogo Island, off the north central coast of Newfoundland; the title was “Fogo or No Go,” and the couple (whose Newfoundland videos we really enjoyed overall) did […]
Grand Falls Windsor and Sanger Memorial RV Park: RVing Newfoundland with Kids and Teens
Travel dates: June 2023 A trip to Newfoundland usually involves a lot traversing the perimeter, clinging to the coast and rarely letting the ocean out of your sight for very long. It’s an island, after all. I won’t pretend that I think this approach to touring is wrongheaded; Newfoundland’s coast is stunningly beautiful, and you […]
Gros Morne/Norris Point KOA Review: Newfoundland’s Only KOA!
travel dates: June 2023 Newfoundland has a grand total of one KOA, but it’s a good one. We ended up staying at the Gros Morne/Norris Point KOA for an entire week after we cut a few days out of our Viking Trail plans, and it was a great base camp for exploring the northern side […]