After double duty in the underground tours we parted ways with a bottle of Smoking Gun hot sauce made with ghost peppers, garlic, vinegar and spices. Also we picked up a postcard depicting the Dominion Lands Office in 1908 which today is where the Tunnels of Moose Jaw operates out of. Between the two tours…
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Where Does a Seven Hour Drive East Take You to in Saskatchewan?
This morning my eyes POPPED OPEN at an unknown hour until I reached out for the phone turning it over to reveal 6:49am. Too soon for this vacation head to move from the comfortable bed. Rolling over face back into pillow I feel asleep for another forty-five minutes. Around seven-thirty, I rolled out of the…
Run This Scenario in Your Head; Before You Buy Your Next Vehicle
Okay look… as you might have guessed by now, I’m a total FANATIC about the Toyota Tacoma and well trucks in general. I mean there is this HUGE Vehicle revolution coming out around the corner… well one might say the revolution is upon us. But there are some diehard gas heads and diesel heads whom…
Is Off-Roading Off-Limits in Alberta with an Electric Vehicle?
A few weeks back I found a thread on tacomaworld.com about EV vehicles called: Trade in Tacoma for an EV Truck? Its had me thinking about an upcoming summer overland trip which I have been eyeing up for a couple of months now. It consists of a one-way drive of 1,552 kilometres (965 miles) which…
Central Coastal Drive, Prince Edward Island Canada
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Stories on the Road Between Cochrane, Alberta and Kelowna, British Columbia
Sometime after Cochrane we encountered hundreds of commuters heading west towards what we anticipated would be needing into the national park. As we neared the turnoff for Kananaskis Country at least fifty-percent of the vehicles peeled off onto the exit ramp. Ninety-nine percent of the vehicles turned left onto route 40 south creating a traffic…
A Three Hour Journey from Edmonton to Cochrane, Alberta
QE2 as its known in Alberta runs directly south out of Edmonton and just shy of three-hours you arrive on the outskirts of Calgary. Today, we opted to turnoff in Airdrie and verge onto route 567, driving through the town. “This place sure had grown,” said the wife. “Honestly, I wouldn’t know as I didn’t…
Uncharted Territory; an Early Start to a Road Trip
Yesterday we rose at 6:45am to the SURPRISE of the wife sitting on the couch reading her morning book. She smiled gingerly when I said “lets try to be out by nine,” I smiled and she starred then she tilted her head touched one of her new Samsung wireless ear pieces and responded, “what was…
Counting Down to the 2020 Road Trip to Southern British Columbia, Canada
The itinerary lists will be pulled out of their well hidden areas within our desks in order to have our pens touch the paper and write out the fundamental lists of what is required for a well-deserved two week holiday into Southern British Columbia, Canada. In approximately seventeen hours the two of us will arrive…
A Grape Escape in October
Yes, you read that correctly… its going to be a Grape Escape in October! We will be road tripping in the Tacoma down through central Alberta where we will veer off near Airdrie and head out to Cochrane where we will be stopping at McKay’s Ice Cream shop open since 1942 for the very best…
Planning an October Road Trip to British Columbia Canada
The plan for Friday evening was not supposed to be researching a possible road trip to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia but instead was supposed to be further research into Affiliate Marketing, how to obtain links from a variety of advertisers and learning how to implement those links into a variety of social media…
Shocker … its September Long Weekend! and a Plan for Next Month
Sometime this weekend the wife looked over her cup of coffee smiled and says “hey do you want to take a road trip with me?” Starring at the pages in my hands I looked up shaking my head side to side when she replied before I, “are you saying no to a road trip?” I…
Preparations for Mountain Week
Six hours ago, I spent twenty-five minutes preparing a list of what to bring versus what not to bring on a week long hiking, mountain biking excursion which will take place for three-days in Canmore, Alberta just outside of Banff National Park followed by a couple days in Jasper National Park at a Sunwapta Falls…
What is on the Horizon near Sainte-Flavie, Quebec?
“What is on the horizon,” I pointed out the window, “over there behind that building. It looks like driftwood sticking out of the water? Or maybe its an old pier with no boardwalk planks,” my arm now out the window as the wife slowed down from 60kmph to 30. “Your right. What is that?” she…
An Afternoon near Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec
Arriving just after 3:30pm, several locals in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec were standing on this pier trying their luck at casting their fishing lines in the hopes of catching a trout, or maybe a perch, or whatever else might be biting in the Saint Lawerence river on this evening. The breeze on the pier was just too…
Route 132 along the Restigouche River on the Gaspe Peninsula
Turning right the wife pulled our SUV onto route 132 heading east away from our ending point of Montral towards the unknown Acadian towns along the northern section of the Restigouche river. Minutes passed and we reached the first of many small towns Oak Bay, then twenty-two minutes more it was Pointe a-la Garde and…
Campbellton, New Brunswick to Pointe a-la Croix, Quebec our Starting Point on the Gaspe Peninsula
Pulling into Campbellton’s tourist info centre around 11:33am along Salmon Blvd., we sought to acquire information about our upcoming journey into the Gaspe Peninsula and our route less travelled. After using their facilities, we navigated the side streets until we turned right onto J.C. Van Horne Bridge and crossed the Restigouche River into Pointe a-la…
An Unforgettable Experience in Bathurst, New Brunswick
After white knuckling it for forty-six more minutes in the blinding rainstorm we reached the city limits of Bathurst. Thankfully we did not have to change roads as route 134 took us into downtown and straight to the Best Western Plus hotel and suites. We left the SUV under the pull through and went inside…
Maritimes or Bust… Perhaps We Should Do Some Research Before We Go?
Last year for our annual April holiday, the wife and I, decided on a two week road trip with our main goal to camp, golf and explore the east coast of Vancouver Island. The only two decisions we pre-made about our road trip to the Island were: We must drive to the farthest northeastern town…
The Lighter Side of Travel
In a short couple of months, we will set off on a long distance road trip to the East Coast of Canada, also known as The Maritimes. The drive alone is enough to frighten any right minded human being. We will be traveling around 4,800 kilometres in one direction. Our starting point, is due west of the…
Snuggled Bumper to Bumper along a Short Twisty Windy Road
I swear to you what I am about to say to you, “is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So, help me God.” Or at least some version of it. A microcosm if you will. A handful of years ago, a young woman and a young man, decided to get married in…
A Hidden Treasure in the Similkameen Valley of British Columbia
Everyone knows that when a road trip comes to the last few days and you are still on the road all you want to do is take the most effective route home, so that you can have a little R&R before heading back to work. Normally, when the wife and I, are traveling back from…
British Columbia Provides Golfers with Plenty to Shoot, Fore
Sometime back in August we spent a day on a golf course with family trying to escape the harsh winds of Calahoo Hills Golf Course in Alberta. The family cheered us on, as the wife and I, played in the foursome with her parents. In the end, the day was full of challenges and triumphant…
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