The entire family has been interested in Jetskis but they are just not appropriate for the lake we are on so I have resisted even trying one. The truth is I suspected I might like it (the boat doesn’t thrill me but it is a way to get from point A to B). Jetskis are......
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I did not grow up in Toronto but I feel like I did. My mother lived here so my brother and I spent a month of every summer doing all that a tourist wants to do. The CN Tower, SkyDome (now Rogers Centre), Centre Island, The Royal Ontario Museum, The Art Gallery of Ontario,......
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When I really want to relax, I get our 14-year-old son to drive me through the back roads in Algonquin Park. Better than meditation. Not at all. But, damn if I didn’t have a blast! Mister has wanted an ATV as long as I’ve known him and he got his wish. Our first weekend with our......
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I wanted to learn about bees based on a recent article that said approximately 50% of the bee population in Ontario did not survive the winter. It was a long cold season but now I understand how that could have happened a bit better. The good news is that the urban bees are still a......
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Since my theme song mentions “Watch an eagle as it was flying,” I had to add that to my list of fifty new adventures and found The Ontario Falconry Centre. Liz, Deb, Jodie, Laura and myself met Sam and he spent hours with us talking about raptors. That’s the fancy way of saying birds of......
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