Other people celebrate other things and I may share links to information about that but for these posts I will share the holidays that WE celebrate here and how and why.
Jan. 1~New Year's Day
Feb. 14~ Valentine's Day
sometime in March or April depending on the year~Easter
Oct. 31~Halloween
Dec. 25~Christmas
if there are other important ones I forgot I'll throw them in later lol
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Canada Bucket List: Yukon Territories
Yukon Territories
Alaska Highway Driving Route
Features:
- Alaska Highway history
- First Nation cultures
- Whitehorse attractions
- Kluane National Park and Reserve
Activities:
- camping
- wildlife viewing
- fishing
- hiking
- walking tours
- shopping
- flightseeing
- visiting cultural and heritage attractions
Places to Visit:
- Watson Lake
- Teslin
- Marsh Lake
- Whitehorse
- Haines Junction
- Destruction bay
- Burwash Landing
- Beaver Creek
Local Attractions:
- Sign Post Forest
- Northern Lights Centre
- George Johnston Museum
- Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre
- Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre
- Yukon Transportation Museum
- S.S. Klondike National Historic Site
- Kluane Museum of Natural History
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Summer Fun
backpacking
Canada in Summer
Canada in Summer
Summer is awesome from coast to coast and province to province of Canada.
There are tonnes of things to do to amuse yourself, no matter what kinds of activities you are interested in.
I live in a small town in Muskoka that has its own charms and amusements in the summer time and we try to enjoy as many of them as we can. Usually, we enjoy camping in the summer and we have our favourite spots to do that but we don't really have to travel too far from home.
The weather in summer is usually in the high twenties but can get as high as 32 degrees sometimes.
This past summer we had a heatwave so we missed having camp fires and bonfires in our fire pit in the back yard but usually we would have them during camping trips, our parties or just on a weekend for something to do.
Sometimes we meet family or friends at the beach for an afternoon swim and picnic. We celebrate our birthday's in the summer so we usually have bbqs with our family and friends and share a good meal and listen to some music.
If we took vacations we'd want to do it in summer because there is so much to see and do but unfortunately summer is BUSY work season for hubby so we only have weekends free to enjoy all the fun! However, there are still many things to do and many places to go close to us so we always find weekends fly by and summer is busy and used up fast!
Information LINKS posted in the sidebars for each province and in general.
Summer is awesome from coast to coast and province to province of Canada.
There are tonnes of things to do to amuse yourself, no matter what kinds of activities you are interested in.
I live in a small town in Muskoka that has its own charms and amusements in the summer time and we try to enjoy as many of them as we can. Usually, we enjoy camping in the summer and we have our favourite spots to do that but we don't really have to travel too far from home.
The weather in summer is usually in the high twenties but can get as high as 32 degrees sometimes.
This past summer we had a heatwave so we missed having camp fires and bonfires in our fire pit in the back yard but usually we would have them during camping trips, our parties or just on a weekend for something to do.
Sometimes we meet family or friends at the beach for an afternoon swim and picnic. We celebrate our birthday's in the summer so we usually have bbqs with our family and friends and share a good meal and listen to some music.
If we took vacations we'd want to do it in summer because there is so much to see and do but unfortunately summer is BUSY work season for hubby so we only have weekends free to enjoy all the fun! However, there are still many things to do and many places to go close to us so we always find weekends fly by and summer is busy and used up fast!
Information LINKS posted in the sidebars for each province and in general.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Canada in Winter
Canada in Winter
The answer depends where in Canada you actually are because it varies from province to province.
ALL of us get snow except for the coast of British Columbia.
However, just two hours inland of the coast you get loads of snow and its a ski destination.
I don't really know from place to place in the other provinces but Ontario can be brutally cold sometimes. Especially where I live. It's not the NORM every day but it can get to -30 weather in the middle of winter. COLD!!! Long john weather! lol On average though I think we get -10 or around there and some days are much warmer when it is sunny.
So when you are ME and you go out with your kids tobogganing for a couple of hours you want to wear your long johns or maybe leggings under your pants (or if you actually toboggan with them like dad...snow pants), as well as an extra shirt under a sweater inside a LONG (covering the kidneys) warm, winter coat, warm woolly socks in a pair of warm winter boots, mittens to keep your hands warm, scarf to cover your face (especially if it is cold,cold) and a toque (hat) to keep your head warm. If you're dressed appropriately the winter activities can be fun!
I'll post information LINKS in the sidebar about winter in each province so you can get an idea how it is across the country.
Canada Bucket List: Ontario Northland- Polar Bear Express
travels from Cochrane to Moosonee
view northern landscapes
dining car
live music in entertainment car
Canada Bucket List: Shania Twain Centre
This one is definitely for YOU, David!
thought you might be interested ;)
Canada Bucket List: Science North
living in space
firefighting
lapidary lab
butterflies
forest and wetland labs
and more
Canada Bucket List: Polar Bear Habitat and Heritage Village
swim with the bears?
information and education
Canada Bucket List: Tobermory
quaint little fishing town
lighthouses
glass bottom boat ride
shipwrecks
flower pot island
take the Chi-Cheemaun Ferry across to Manitoulin Island
This was part of our family vacation shortly after we were married.
It's a beautiful place and I'd LOVE to go back again and maybe actually
take the ferry across to Manitoulin Island this time!
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