Today is our 17th wedding anniversary! We were married on December 14, 2002. I still remember our entire first dance routine. It was so much fun to learn and our dance teacher, Jim Pounds, was amazing! Happy Anniversary Brownie! I love you! And no, you don’t have to buy me any furniture. (He mentioned getting…
We had a great Thanksgiving day! We took James to the dog park and we had an awesome Thanksgiving buffet dinner.
I found some cute fabric at Walmart so I made James a new Thanksgiving bandana this year. It has turkeys and pumpkins on it and it says “Gobble” all over it and I thought that was so cute! We are heading to a buffet for Thanksgiving dinner. We haven’t done that since we lived in…
I tried to do a lot of research before we went into Canada with our RV. I wanted to make sure we didn’t break any rules. We looked all over the internet and we didn’t find any horror stories, thankfully! We planned plenty of time just in case the Canadian border agents wanted to search…
We get a lot of people asking us about J’s dog boots. He has two sets of boots from Ruffwear: a winter set and a summer set. James tends to get snow packed in between his pads in the winter. He will just stop walking and lift up a foot and then switch and lift…
We are having fun learning all about apples in Canada!
The apples here in Oyama, British Columbia are ripe and are being picked off the trees. It is fun to walk around the orchard with James and watch. I was talking to these apple pickers and they were saying hello to James. The man took an apple and threw it for James to retrieve. James…
We are staying on an apple orchard in British Columbia and the apples are at their peak. All over this area of BC we are seeing orchards in full swing with crates, trucks and people picking apples. Our view looks out over the mountains, the lake and the orchard. We were sitting out and relaxing…
It is so crazy that the water in British Columbia (and in Banff over in Alberta, too) is all this beautiful color of turquoise blue green. I feel like I am constantly saying “Wow!” and the beautiful lakes just keep going by as we drive. Not only is the water the most beautiful color of…
Downtown Kelowna British Columbia has a beautiful park that runs along Okanagan Lake. The park is dog friendly, too! There is a beach (but it was a little too chilly and overcast so no one was on the beach) and a manmade lake in the middle with boats and even a lock so the levels…
We are heading back into British Columbia, Canada. We love taking back roads when possible and the back roads here are so beautiful. The forests are so thick! And we really aren’t seeing a lot of other cars. We’ve been to the far east side of British Columbia (Fairmont Hot Springs) and we’ve also been…
Going to Lake Louise in Banff has been on our bucket list for YEARS. We had started to plan a trip back in 2013 and then moving to Washington, DC put that trip on the back burner. So this year we finally went! The whole area around Banff National Park is gorgeous. We also enjoyed…
Yesterday we posted a video about Bulk Barn in Canada and Sandra decided to taste test the dark chocolate coconut almonds.
While we were in Alberta, we saw a store called Bulk Barn. We were thinking it was maybe like a Costco – where you buy items like paper towels in bulk. But the store was pretty small (compared to a Costco) so that couldn’t be it. We were surprised when we went inside!
We found a Walmart in Canada and I wanted to get some paper plates. The paper plate selection was very small – I think Canadians are a lot more careful about wasteful paper products like paper plates. We saw this in Europe, too. But the paper plates I did find were unique – they were…
Join us as we hike around Fairmont Hot Springs in British Columbia. There are public pools where you can pay to swim in the warm spring water and you can also hike to the natural pools not far from the public swimming pool. Watch out for bears while you hike!
When we lived in Europe, I loved this style of mop that folded with a little washable pad. In DC, the mop I had was velcro and 9 times out of 10, the velcro pad would come off while I was mopping. I got rid of it when we moved overseas and then when we…
We love sparkling water and one of the best plain carbonated water brands is Canada Dry. And since we are in Canada, we are drinking a lot of Canada Dry Club Soda!
As we drive around the Calgary area, I keep seeing these stores called “Canadian Tire” and I told Chris I wanted to check it out. We aren’t in the market for new tires, but the stores are HUGE. They must sell other things besides tires. And guess what? They do! They have sporting goods, housewares,…
Join us as we walk around Prince’s Island Park in downtown Calgary! The park has many pedestrian bridges and lots of green space to play or relax. The Bow River is so clear and it really moves in certain places! We stopped and got an ice cream at Moo’s Country Ice Cream – the colorful…