The List of Europe Travel Gear we are taking with us to Europe for the summer, watch the list grow, or see what gets left behind! BACKPACKS We all know this is our home while traveling, so picking something that will work, and make the journey there and back is very important. We put about 4…
Day Hike to The Ice Cave At Moose Mountain We’ve done this hike a couple of times, and every time it’s always different. The last time we were at the Ice Cave was before the huge devastating flood of 2013 which took out bridges, roads, houses and the simple things, pathways. The season after…
Over Night Hike in Kananaski’s Country, Alberta Well… after last years damaging flood, we couldn’t take it anymore! The Winter Road Closure had open up just before our “May Long Weekend”, and after beginning cooped up all winter with no access to the good trails we were set, bound, and determined to go out…
Here in Alberta we are a landlocked province without the nice clear warm ocean, we have cold lakes. And what more fun it is to dive in and explore them? We started at the bottom with getting our Open Water certification and are currently working our way to the top. We realised how much fun this is,…
Downsizing The Materialistic Goods We downsized our biggest items in just 6 weeks. We had booked our flights to Europe for the summer, and now we had our deadline to make things happen! It was kind of intimidating really. Our family thought we were crazy for this. We listed our items for sale that day, and started selling.…
The Liebster Award Today we, (Tyler & Melissa) got a surprise message from another traveler, and it was Irina from Are You Happy? It wasn’t just any other message or notification but informing us that she nominating us for the Liebster Award. After having a quick look as to what this entailed I can see…
Our First Steps To Traveling And Making Our Dream Come True It all started with a trip to Cancun with our friends that we meet traveling, then off to Toronto, Jamaica, and then a few more trips to western Mexico, and quick 14 days in Europe. We have visited 8 countries together, a total of 47 days away…
Snowshoeing Death Valley Trail January in Alberta can be beautiful when playing in the deep fluffy snow and after a fresh snow fall, for us Albertan’s its just a fun adventure and an excuse to get out! Don’t let the name “Death Valley” sound intimidating, it’s actually a family friendly trail most of the year. Don’t get this confused…
Surprise! Nothing better then finding surprise tickets to go skydiving for your birthday, eh! Well Tyler’s birthday is June 3rd, and he kept complaining that he really wanted to do something extreme! Since he had mentioned Skydiving a few times, I did some research to find a safe and reliable company within an hour drive of our small town,…
Exploring the Marietas Island Mexico The day started with the 6 of us and a new friend we met, walking down the beach in the early morning to a restaurant where we indulged at the “All You Can Eat Shrimp” from the night before. Where after we successfully filled are stomachs with shrimp and beer before we signed up for a snorkeling tour with the local…
The Sunset Capital Negril Jamaica The adventure of our one week all inclusive getaway to Negril, Jamaica in November! Because we live in the province of Alberta, we usually get our first dump of snow in the month of October. So we searching for our tropical adventure, but where to go and when? It took…
So we all have one of these list kicking around somewhere. Sometimes they are written down or for most of us, filed away in our heads. Well….. We want to share ours with you, if you are interested in reading our The Bucket List! It’s not in any particular order, but here is our list of…
Well… here in Canada we really do watch hockey, and have a passion for the sport! So when time and money allow it, we catch a live hockey game in the big city, Calgary! This season we had seats from a good friend Patrick to watch Calgary Flames vs. Buffalo Sabres with a 7:00pm puck…