Archive for the ‘ACTIVITIES’ Category

A Sakhalin Road Trip

A Sakhalin Road Trip
By guest blogger Brian R. Williams Photos Copyright © 2005 Brian Williams SEEKING ADVENTURE AND income in the Spring of 2005, I took on a job as construction manager on the remote island of Sakhalin, Russia, situated less than fifty miles north of Japan. I never knew this place existed, but it was to...
July 26th, 2010 | ROAD TRIPS, RUSSIA | Read More

Balm Beach Sunset

Balm Beach Sunset
Photos Copyright © 2010 Brian Williams & Milli Thornton IT WAS OUR last night of a fabulous B&B getaway on Georgian Bay (Ontario, Canada). We wanted a low-key, low-budget way to round off our 4th of July long weekend trip, so we asked our Beacon Shore B&B hosts for a recommendation. Bob...
July 25th, 2010 | Beaches, DINING, ONTARIO, TRAVEL BUMMERS | Read More

The Chifley Home, Bathurst, Australia

The Chifley Home, Bathurst, Australia
By guest blogger Al McCartan. Photos Copyright © Al McCartan. Bathurst is in New South Wales (NSW), about two-and-a-half hour’s drive west of Sydney. Of the six states and two territories, NSW is Australia’s most populous state. YOU’VE DONE THE Blue Mountains tour and it’s now time...
July 22nd, 2010 | AUSTRALIA, GUEST BLOGGERS, Museums | Read More

Big Chute!

Big Chute!
BRIAN IS ALWAYS reading boating magazines and dreaming of cruising the pleasure-boat waterways of the world. He’d love to do the San Juan Islands in a Nordhavn 62-footer (around $2 million pre-loved, including VIP stateroom). Or, for those moments when the budget calls for something a little more...
July 17th, 2010 | Boating, Conservation, FEATURED ARTICLES, ONTARIO, Wildlife | Read More

Beacon Shore on Georgian Bay B&B, Midland, Ontario

Beacon Shore on Georgian Bay B&B, Midland, Ontario
Photos Copyright © 2010 Brian Williams The 1901 lighthouse on the front lawn, night shot WE ARE LUCKY to be within reasonable driving distance of this B&B because we can’t wait to go back. We’re not strangers to a good B&B. But this one truly is paradise from all angles: the gorgeous...
July 11th, 2010 | BED & BREAKFAST, DEALS, Lighthouses, ONTARIO | Read More

Gallivanting in Halifax

Gallivanting in Halifax
By guest blogger Roona All photos copyright © Roona 2009 THANKS TO THE United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, in the summer of 2009 I took a solitary trip to Nova Scotia. After renewing my work visa in the country, I had to go to a consulate outside the country to get it stamped in my...
July 7th, 2010 | GUEST BLOGGERS, Lighthouses, NOVA SCOTIA | Read More

Picking Blueberries in Charleston, Tennessee

Picking Blueberries in Charleston, Tennessee
By guest blogger K.M. Weiland Photos for this article courtesy Amy Weiland FOR THE RECORD, I hate blueberries. Here at home in western Nebraska, I avoid them like lizard avoids the cold spot on a rock. So when I am given the opportunity to go blueberry picking in eastern Tennessee, I expect to enjoy...
July 31st, 2009 | ACTIVITIES, GUEST BLOGGERS, USA MAINLAND | Read More

Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side

Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side
Maid of the Mist, Niagara Falls MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND was fast approaching. Living in a new city—no family here, no circle of friends yet—meant it was shaping up to be a boring, lonesome weekend if we didn’t think fast. That’s when Brian remembered we’re less than four hours drive from Niagara...
June 20th, 2009 | ACTIVITIES, FEATURED ARTICLES, ONTARIO | Read More

Ball’s Falls, The Twenty Valley, Ontario

Ball’s Falls, The Twenty Valley, Ontario
The forest at Ball's FallsTWENTY VALLEY is a place chock-full of things to see and do—but if you do visit the Valley, please don’t miss Ball’s Falls. At first I thought the name was rather silly (made me think of balls o’ fire) until Carla, our host at Bonnybank B&B, explained...
June 16th, 2009 | ACTIVITIES, Conservation, ONTARIO | Read More

Barefoot Beach & Sanibel Scribbles

Barefoot Beach & Sanibel Scribbles
First published on the Fear of Writing blog, Dec 17, 2008 HERE’S A WINTER pic my husband took of me as we gathered seashells on Barefoot Beach right before sunset. Hard to believe that was only last week! Yesterday it snowed here in Youngstown, Ohio. My light suntan and the array of tropical-themed...
June 14th, 2009 | Beaches, FEATURED ARTICLES, USA MAINLAND | Read More