Rocky shorelines, wind swept trees, endless lakes and rivers – these are the icons of the Canadian wilderness and Lake Superior has all of these aplenty. For us it was a 9-hour drive from the Toronto area, but the drive is worth it as you get access to this rugged, wild and sparsely populated region of Canada. Lake Superior is …
Our First Family Backcountry Camping Trip – Lake Superior
While we were in Australia, we did a lot of camping to explore around Melbourne and beyond. When we moved back to Canada, we wanted to take that enthusiasm we had for camping and exploring Australia with us and explore more of Ontario. So for our summer vacation this year we planned to spend 2+ weeks exploring Lake Superior and …
A Winter Holiday Wonderland
My brother and his wife are blessed to live in Canmore, Alberta, in the Rocky Mountains. We found out they bought a bigger house while we were living on the boat and at the point we invited ourselves out for Christmas (and they graciously welcomed us). We descended on them for two weeks and also brought along my parents flying …
A Wrap Up Four Months On
It has now been almost 4 months since we moved back to Canada and I thought it might be nice to discuss how the adjustment has been. First off, it is amazing how seamlessly you can slide back into your “other life”. A lot of people asked us if we experienced culture shock living back in Canada. Surprisingly we didn’t; …
Canada
We have been back from our visit to Canada for 2 weeks now and are shamefully just getting around to writing a blog about it. I had a fantastic 5 weeks at home with the kids and Paul joined us for the last 2 weeks of the visit. What we learned is that home leave (expat vocabulary) is really not …