• Preparing for Our First Camping Trip (In Over a Decade)

    07/07/2014 - By 

    We have had no time for anything except preparing for our vacation. Thank goodness the medicine I took for the infectious colitis I suffered seems to have nearly worked, and I can almost function normally and eat properly again. That was rough. Now to focus on the next thing ahead! We are going to visit friends and then we are camping for a weekend before coming home. I should specify! In this day and age there are a lot of people who go camping with portable houses basically (“glamping” or “glamour camping”) and then there are those with RVs or…

  • A Saskatchewan Vacation to Visit Friends

    17/10/2013 - By 

    So I grew up in Saskatchewan and during University I ended up needing a place to stay and found a townhouse with a friend. Well, really, if I’m to be honest, a frenemy.  BUT she was living with this fantastic girl that was destined to become one of my bestest friends ever. And this summer we had the privilege of staying with them on their farm for part of August… which I adored. The minutes and hours and days were too quickly eaten up with laughter and fire pits and eating and talking (non-stop between Melly and I for days.…

  • Kalispell, Montana. Part 3.

    21/02/2012 - By 

    Day Three, February 12, 2012. Our Final Day of the Trip! Our last day in Kalispell! We had to get going that day, so after a quick breakfast in the lobby (blueberry muffins and coffee again, with a tiny bowl of Froot Loops on the side), we got going. We talked to the desk girl a little about the sad news of Whitney Houston’s death before wishing her a good day. She was the same red-head as the day before. I was starting to feel like I knew her! We filled up our travel mugs, then went back to the…

  • Kalispell, Montana. Part 2.

    21/02/2012 - By 

    Day Two, February 11, 2012 After our long baths and some quiet reading (we are both voracious readers) the first day, we slept fitfully and we were wrenched from our sleep by the alarm. We threw on some clothes and I put on a toque to hide my morning hair before heading down to see what the free breakfast offered us. Josh thought he heard “hot breakfast” when we checked in, but it turned out my hunch was right. Bagels, a couple of cereal choices, hard-boiled eggs and muffins. I was happy as long as there would be coffee and…

  • Our Trip to Kalispell, Montana. Part 1.

    13/02/2012 - By 

    Day One, February 10, 2012. I am sitting here eating some of the sausage and garlic pizza leftover from our trip. It was just one of the highlights from our trip, bought at Moose’s Saloon. But more about that later. My wonderful MIL (Mother in Law) and her BFF Tracy gave us a wonderful gift. They took our kids, ages 3 and 1, on a 7 hr car trip to Salmo, BC. The kids are there for a week, so Josh and I decided to do something special. Since the kids don’t have passports, we decided to do something we…