And now back, again to our road trip back from British Columbia, Canada to West Virginia! When I wrote the blogpost on Alberta, Canada, I neglected one short but Very Important stop: Vulcan, the Official Star Trek City of Canada! While not named for Mr. Spock’s home planet (the town was Read more…
Back to our recent toad trip across the USA & Canada!We drove down from British Columbia to Calgary, and coming into the outskirts of the city we stopped to get gas, and had the Very nice surprise of a really good Vietnamese lunch of pho (Dan) and roast pork with Read more…
And now… back to our Canada Road Trip! We left Prince George, on Highway 16, heading for Jasper, but first we had to stop for pix with Mr. PG the mascot of Prince George, who was:constructed in 1960 as a symbol of the importance of the forest industry to Prince Read more…
On day 6 of our 10 day drive from West Virginia to our guided hunt in British Columbia, we crossed the border into Canada at Portal, North Dakota/North Portal, Saskatchewan. From ezbordercrossing,.com we learned that Portal is a 24-hour border crossing, and as we had no clue how long the drive Read more…
From the Waldorf to the Super 8! We did 8 of our 9 night trip from West Virginia to the hunting cabin in British Columbia, Canada on our accrued hotel points, and we stayed at variety of hotels including the Waldorf-Astoria, Holiday Inns, Super 8s, and Choice Hotels, and Read more…
In Minnesota, we stayed at the Minneapolis Marriot Northwest on our Marriott Points, and our breakfast in Maple Grove, MN consisted of Sliders at the White Castle, which I happily told the world about on FourSquare: Driving through MN, we saw signs for a wine festival at the Carlos Creek Read more…
Dan is a Chicago boy. He hadn’t been “home”, however, in about 30 years, so I deliberately routed our trip to Canada through Chicago, so he could see family and show me the Chicago of his youth- and we could eat a little Italian Beef, too!We had a voucher from Hilton Read more…
Road Trip Day 1: Flying the Wright B Flyer, Miamisburg, OH I finally managed to surprise Dan- with a flight on the Wright B Flyer! 🙂 I have been trying to surprise Dan since we met in 2001. No chance. It’s totally impossible to surprise someone when you live AND work Read more…
By now you’ve all heard of “Glamping”- Glamorous Camping- but this season’s newest, hottest trend is Glunting- Glamorous Hunting! And yes, I am the creator of this term, and I need your help to see that it goes viral!!! I am totally convinced, due to the amazing selection of clothes (from Read more…
Chef Dan and his Foodie Wife (me) have just returned from a wonderful, warming, 4 week vacation, 2 weeks of which were spent on the Celebrity Eclipse http://www.celebritycruises.com in the Caribbean, and the other 2 weeks on a road trip to and from Florida, and in the next several posts I will share Read more…