Travel

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.

Hiking Travel

Bryce Canyon

Boat Mesa (above). Bryce Canyon National Park In September 2018, we visited Bryce Canyon National Park in Southwestern Utah, which was designated a national park in 1928. The park covers 35,835 acres and showcases the stunning geology of southern…

Conservation Travel

Puerto Escondido – Turtle Release

Yim and I visited Puerto Escondido in southern Mexico in 2018. We stayed in a small resort called Posada Real, right on the Playa Bacocho, a long beautiful stretch of beach on the Pacific Ocean. Each morning, after breakfast,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…