Like nomads, but with more stuff

 Back when we bought the cabin, a friend alerted us to a canoe going cheap. We bought it and stored it under the deck at Terry's dad...

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 ...

 To my delight, and probably everyone else in the family's, I have found a women's hiking group. Much less nagging the family to com...

Back during our first full summer when we were camping neophytes and made lots of mistakes, we spent a couple of nights in the Peter Loughee...

Of course I had heard of Stampede before moving to Calgary. The rodeo thing, right? And when we moved here I heard a bit more about the p...

  Before we had ever arrived in Calgary we had heard about the Gopher Hole Museum and it was on our bucket list. Then COVID hit and we didn...

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

  This has been an unusual year. The snow isn't melting as fast as usual, many hiking trails and campgrounds that would normally be open...

I am completely enamored of our most recent additions to the family. They definitely keep me on my toes, especially Kiki, who comes to me ch...

We bought cozy patio furniture on Saturday. I curled up on a loveseat to read on Sunday. Later we built our first fire of the season, roaste...