Like nomads, but with more stuff

Between Terry's broken ankle and wanting to spend every free moment skiing during winter, we have not been hiking. Although some trails ...

We dedicated Saturday of our Jasper long weekend to Moraine. Moraine Canyon is about 15 minutes outside Jasper, with Moraine Lake another 30...

  On our last morning I woke earlier than anyone else and couldn't sleep. But it was of course in the 40s and that doesn't work for...

  The next morning was not as chilly as I'd expected, or perhaps I am getting used to nearly-freezing sleeping temps.  We had decided on...

Every experience is an opportunity to learn new things. On this last trip we made sure to have extra blankets, our camp chairs, a proper spa...

We had an adventurous weekend planned, and it ended up being almost idyllic. First up: packing the car. We realized packing for just an over...

The day was absolutely not over yet! Due to our several stops, we managed to get to the hotel just a bit over check-in time, which meant we ...

  We had lots of plans for the road between Revelstoke and Lake Louise. First stop, the Giant Cedars Boardwalk. It is technically an easy Re...

We discovered when we arrived in Revelstoke two hours before check-in time - a set-in-stone time that would not be amended - that most of w...

Our first attempt at hiking the Rockies in the snow didn't go all that well - the temperature was significantly colder than predict...

We really do spend most of our time at work (Terry) or looking for housing (Lynne) but sometimes there's nothing scheduled and it...

We knew we wanted to walk the walls of Rothenburg as we hadn't had a chance to do that on our previous trip. It was absolutely fan...

The oldest monastic brewery in the world is essentially right between Garmisch and Rothenburg, so it was a perfect lunch stop. The loca...

Day 8 was mostly the long, long, drive from Freiburg to Munich. When we got to Munich it was chilly and a little bit raining, so we too...

We went to the Black Forest to eat Black Forest cake and Black Forest ham. We really had no idea what we were doing during this part of...

Trier was a surprise hit on the epic road trip, and the ampitheater was a surprise hit in Trier. I'm not sure what I was expecting,...