Quebec apples and Oka cheese
Glenn and I are just back from another glorious Canadian road trip. This time we traveled to Québec and the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains (Les Laurentides).
Stories & Pictures about Canadian People, Places and Things
Glenn and I are just back from another glorious Canadian road trip. This time we traveled to Québec and the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains (Les Laurentides).
I LOVE finding original old stores on our roadtrips across Canada and finding Ritchie’s in Brockville, Ontario, was like finding a pot of gold.
When the town’s old grocery store (circa 1907) reopened in 2006 as the Snack Shack, I’m betting it was a welcome sight for local residents.
5th generation farmer/ poet Rod Potter has fashioned a large old pickup into a tour bus of sorts at his Century Game Park.
I’m sitting with Glenn on the outdoor patio at the Anchorage, a casual dining spot and affordable motor hotel in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
A highlight of one of our Canadian Badlands road trips in Alberta was the annual Oyen Bullarama. We arrived in the late afternoon in Oyen, a town of 1200 near the Saskatchewan border…
Due to the lack of light pollution and the thin cloud cover in this area of southeastern Alberta, night sky viewing here is a whole different world compared to the big city.
BIG sky dominating the landscape. You can’t help but aim your camera skyward to capture the cloud formations. Land fertile and green from irrigation or rain abruptly changing to desert and sagebush as we descend into one of the river valleys.