Like nomads, but with more stuff

Not only did we start camping when we arrived here three years ago, but we have been covetously looking at campers. With nighttime temperatu...

The kids and I spent three weeks in the US this year. Starting in MA, we spent time with mom (board games, card games, Cider Hills, and for ...

We solved puzzles - well, Terry and Alex worked on them. We played games. There are always new games among the Hanukkah and Christmas gifts ...

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

It is (1) our second successful trip to Jasper and (2) our second attempt to visit Jasper in the winter. So for both of these reasons we sho...

  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...

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 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...

That's British Columbia. See, the week before our vacation Terry was supposed to TDY to Vancouver. This of course means we were all supp...

A short while before we pulled into our campsite at the Lower Lake it started to rain. We thought to unload the car and realized that woul...

We decided not to cancel our hotel reservation in Fernie, British Columbia, when we modified our trip. That was pretty dumb, in hindsight, ...

We got to the campsite around 6pm and top priority was simultaneously setting up the tents and getting the cooking started. Oh, and we had ...

The next morning we headed out to what was supposed to be the highlight of a trip to Waterton - Red Rock Canyon. Well, our kids have an ...

Our original plan for a July vacation involved spending a few days in Waterton, then crossing the border into Glacier National Park and maki...

We reached Cologne on Easter Sunday, which was fitting for the city whose most iconic sight to see is a cathedral. We wandered around...