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Travel has always had a place in my life from the time I was a boy until today. In 1998, Yim joined me on the adventure and our big trips are still to come. I enjoy writing about them and using my photography to illustrate them simply as a way of recording a life well lived. I hope you find something you enjoy.

Travel

Puerto Escondido

Legend has it that a pirate named Andrés Drake kidnapped a young Mixtec woman from the village of Santa María Huatulco. While the pirates were camped out in the bay of what is now Puerto Escondido, she escaped and…

February 15, 2018
Hiking Travel

Catalonia

We travelled to Catalonia in 2017, landing in Barcelona first and spending five days exploring the city, enjoying or giggling at the architecture of Gaudi, shopping, walking, eating, drinking and touring the Montserrat Monastery high up in the mountains…

October 15, 2017
Hiking Travel

Llafranc, Spain

During our trip to Catalonia, Spain in 2017, we decided to visit Llafranc as part of our round trip. Llafranc doesn’t seem to be somewhere that’s on the radar for a lot of tourists. However, it’s said that Elizabeth…

October 1, 2017
Hiking Travel

The Pyrenees

The Pyrenees mountain range separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe, stretching more than 430 km between Spain and France and rising higher than 3,400m in elevation. Hiking trails traverse the entire length of the range and…

September 27, 2017
Hiking Travel

Tossa de Mar, Spain

Tossa de Mar sits rather majestically on Catalonia’s Girona coast – basking in its beautiful Mediterranean climate. The walled old town offers stunning views of the surrounding coast, and is the perfect location to soak up some of the…

September 21, 2017
Travel

Barcelona

In 2017, we visited Barcelona in the province of Catalonia, Spain. We had been wanting to visit or several years and after quite a bit of research, decided that the province of Catalonia would give us everything we wanted.…

September 15, 2017
Hiking Travel

Indian Falls

This is another of the many waterfalls along the Niagara Escarpment. It’s only a few minutes drive away from downtown Owen Sound, and has a very nice parking lot with restrooms and picnic tables. The trail is well marked…

July 15, 2017
Hiking Travel

Hiking Old Baldy

Old Baldy is located in Beaver Valley and is part of the Blue Mountains which is the highest section of the Niagara Escarpment. Were it not for this escarpment, there would be little in the southern part of Ontario…

June 15, 2017
Travel

St. Thomas, USVI

St. Thomas is the gateway island of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean but we used it as our launching point to the British Virgin Islands and to enjoy our last two days in the islands. The territorial…

December 7, 2016
Sailing & Scuba Diving Travel

The Wreck of The Rhone

The Wreck of The Rhone lies within the Rhone National Park off the western coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands. The area is teeming heavily with marine life and it’s common to see stingrays, turtles, sharks…

December 1, 2016