Programming note: This is the blog post that I have posted up on Cycleblaze. I am trying something new here, posting the same thing to both sites as we seem to be doing so many other things besides cycling on most days. Doing it this…
Tag: economical travel
The Dakotas We left Grasslands and headed south, scooting through the northwest corner of Montana in order to get to North Dakota for the night. Our destination on this day was Theodore Roosevelt Park, which is a national park. As you may recall, I have lost…
We left Writing on Stone, thinking we would drive over to Grasslands to camp for a couple of days before heading into the States. Looks simple enough on the map – just a straight line over and only a few hundred kilometres away. We…
Other Great Parks in Alberta, You Say? Indeed! As we left Banff (in the sunshine!!!) we looked over at the lovely looking Legacy Trail, which winds along by the highway from Canmore to Banff, wishing that we had made our reservation in Canmore instead of Airdrie…
Why go to Cuba? Well, let’s see. Other than the fantastic beaches, wonderful scenery, friendly people and the charm of being in place lost in time, well, I guess nothing much! But, the Cuba I am talking about can’t be seen from the deck of…
During my last school year, we packed up our home, selling and giving away most of our belongings and storing what was left with family and friends. Our quest to divest ourselves and be ready to move what was left over to Vancouver Island was…
how can we keep the prices of travelling down? The most dramatic was ditching our home, but we have found other ways as well
In order for us to travel across the country and take our bikes with us, we needed a form of transport. We tossed around the idea of buying a travel trailer and a truck, but the price of gas, plus our desire to keep things…
A few years ago, we began thinking and dreaming about retirement. We didn’t really think of it as something we would be able to do soon, just someday. We were talking about what we might do when we retired, where we would live (stay put…
