Northern light nights
I've been negligent in posting over the past few days, primarily due to exhaustion. I'm in Churchill, Manitoba. Not for the polar bears, not...
Grazing through Quebec: Les Peres Nature market and cafe is a bon choice
Whenever traveling between Maine and Quebec City, instead of stopping en route for that ubiquitous fast-food cheeseburger, I savor a taste of Quebec at...
Border patrol
The logistics aren't easy, but the rewards are rich for the second annual Two Countries, One Bay, Art Studio Tour, Sept. 20-21. More than...
A ramble through Quebec’s Eastern Townships: Coaticook
Drive northwest on Route 27, a Maine Scenic Byway, from Sugarloaf, in Carrabassett Valley, and after passing Flagstaff Lake and Chain of Ponds and...
Quirky museums: fun, focused, offbeat favorites
I love quirky museums and often stumble upon them when traveling. Some are small, out-of-the-way curiosities with intriguing exhibits focused on one topic. Others...
Spa bliss
Balnea. Go. That's all you need to know (yes, the web site is in French, but an English translation is promised soon). This Nordic...
Sky high at Whistler
Spent the better part of today shusshing through about a foot of fresh powder on Blackcomb Mountain, in Whistler, B.C., Canada. Although the base...
Snow, marbles, and ribs
It just keeps coming down here at Whistler Blackcomb, B.C. For the second time, the forecast was for little more than an couple of...
Soak without getting soaked
BANFF, Alberta, Canada–With good reason, the Willow Stream Spa at the castle-like Fairmont Banff Springs hotel gets most of the ink when it comes...
A taste of royalty in the Canadian Rockies
Visiting Banff or Lake Louise? The Fairmont Banff Springs and Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, those two storybook hotels, may be out of your budget...
Fresh Tracks splurge
It's SO worth splurging on Whistler's Fresh Tracks program. For $17.25 adult, $12.60 ages 6 to 12, you get to board the Whistler gondola...
Quebec City fave
You know this is the 400th anniversary of Quebec City, right? You know that the city is pulling out all the stops, with a...
Manoir Hovey: Heaven-in-Quebec’s-Eastern-Townships
This is my first destination trip to Manoir Hovey in Quebec's Eastern Townships, but it certainly won't be my last. After fewer than 12...
Whistler whirlwind tour
Within a mere 54 hours, or two and a quarter days, I traveled from Vancouver to Whistler, B.C., round trip aboard the Whistler Mountaineer...
Reading across the lines
When entering the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, watch where you step. The historic structure straddles the border between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby...
