North of Toronto, Canada, there is an area of lakes known as Muskoka. Having traveled extensively over the winter, and marvelled at many new and exotic landscapes, we return to the places of our youth with a new appreciation and respect for what we have here at home. Muskoka and the Haliburtons are vacation destinations, […]
The sign at the first rest area we come to in Wyoming welcomes visitors and suggests that we might want to slow down and enjoy the views that lie ahead. The landscape, it suggests, is much the same as it was in the time of early settlers – an untamed mecca for wildlife. Having never […]
“It’s just so beautiful!” I kept repeating, the scene before me an unexpected treasure on what was to be a non-eventful day. Having only just arrived in Arizona, we like to take a day to orient ourselves to the area – note the interesting landmarks, restaurants, shopping areas. The landscape here is so different from […]
Our time in Texas has come to a close. Two months we’ve been here and I feel like so much has happened. We’ve made new friends, learned to appreciate nature and wildlife, and I’ve taken up painting as well as photography. The day we left Falcon Lake State Park it was still unseasonably cold. Poor […]