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Grand Canyon
After leaving Zion we headed for Marble Canyon to spend a night before the Grand Canyon’s north rim opened for the season the following day. We treated ourselves to a motel stay at the Marble Canyon Lodge adjacent to the historic Navajo Bridge that connects Arizona’s isolated north strip to the rest of the state.…
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Chasin’ down a hoodoo there
We left Moab in eastern Utah and headed southwest toward Bryce. The route there took us back to yet another mesmerizing view on I-70 called San Rafael Swell. The land formation was caused by a section of the earth’s crust that was heaved up to create an angular reef of rock. The engineers who constructed…
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The Arches of Utah
Utah is a desert state and so we expected its landscape to look different than what we’re used to. But I don’t think we were prepared for how different. This entire area is the artwork of the forces of millions of years of erosion through the sandstone of an ancient seabed. Everywhere you go are…
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THE Big Road Trip
In December my partner and I started to plan a trip to Vancouver Island to visit his mom’s sisters. His mom passed away last year and covid meant that the usual family gatherings, particularly for the older folks, were not possible. We originally planned to fly out for a couple of weeks to see family…
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Return to Cape Breton
After packing up from the Markland and leaving Dingwall we made our way to Ingonish to hike the Franey Trail. No visit to CB is complete without a pilgrimage to see the house my grandfather built in Dominion in the early 1930s. The house hasn’t been in the family since 1944, but we still like…
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Meeting the Acosta family
Nilsa is a single mom who works as a cashier in a grocery store. She and her 12 year old son, Lucio, have been living with her mom in a very small house. Recently Nilsa was selected by Habitat for Humanity Paraguay to receive a house that will be built adjacent to her mom’s. This…
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Paraguay
On Wednesday, February 12, I left behind Toronto’s wintery landscape for the hot and humid South American country, Paraguay. Much of the second leg of the trip had us flying due south over the Pacific, giving the lucky passengers on the starboard side of the aircraft a stunning view of the sunnsetting over the endless…
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Postcards from Vancouver Island, Sept. 2019
On my recent trip to British Columbia during which I hiked the West Coast Trail (see previous post), I got to spend time exploring Vancouver Island. My trip started with a visit to Victoria and the surrounding area. Here are some photos. Pond in Beacon Hill Park Victoria harbour Rodents in Victoria Butchart Gardens is…
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“El Camino”
Just over a year ago, I was just home from trip to Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland and was researching my next Canadian adventure when I came across the West Coast Trail in British Columbia. Admittedly I had not heard of it before which perhaps is evidence of Canadians’ general disregard or ignorance of…
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Salento
This is a gorgeous town situated in Colombia’s coffee country. The town is colourful and quaint and is able to keep its charm despite a high number of tourists. My main reason for coming here was to see the Cocora valley, known for its 60 m high wax palms. Here’s what I saw: A local…
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