by Jill | Aug 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Todd’s sister Wanda has a small 6-acre parcel of land in central Alberta and we scheduled a weekend visit up there on our way to Big Valley Jamboree. Its been on the books for at least 6 months and it was time to go! We were meeting most of the family up there...
by Jill | Aug 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
We departed the Houseboat, Todd cracked a rib and we did a quick grocery top-up in Sicamous. We drove east, towards Revelstoke, across a ferry towards our vacation location #4 (an undisclosed lake in BC). This place is top secret, if you recognize it, good for you. If...
by Jill | Jul 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
While we were snow birding in Mexico for the winter, we got notifications that we were invited to 2 weddings this summer! How exciting….we just had to figure out how to fit them into our “already planned” vacation schedule. We usually have multiple sets/chunks of ...
by Jill | May 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
We aren’t sure why we came back from Mexico so early – in hind site we should have waited until at least mid April to return. The weather in Alberta and Western Canada in March, is usually undesirable. So we will keep that in mind for future travels! Regardless, we...
by Jill | Aug 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
As much as we love touring around in Ruby to great international places, we also enjoy driving her to local places for different events. In 2018 a friend told us about the “world famous” Wild Oats and Notes Music festival, just SW of Edmonton. The music fest took...
by Jill | Jul 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
This transient life we live, sometimes allows us to leave our Ruby behind – lock her up and wave goodbye, while we get on a plane for adventures that don’t involve driving. I had a United airline flight credit for $1200 from before covid lockdown and it kept...
