In the beginning of May last year, my parents and I flew to Salt Lake City, rented a 25-foot RV from Cruise America, and hiked three of the Big Five national parks. Our first stop was Arches National Park, home to the famous Delicate Arch that is on a lot of the Utah licence plates. It […]
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Travelling Maine with a Campervan: Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park in coastal Maine is one of the most visited parks in the United States, and welcomes more than two million visitors each year. Acadia National Park doesn’t wholly encompass Mount Desert Island, which took a bit of getting used to. We found ourselves driving through towns with private houses on our way from […]
Travelling Maine with a Campervan: Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor is a charming little port town near Acadia National Park in Maine. My parents and I rented an RV in Montreal and drove down to Bar Harbor back in September. Bar Harbor has some small, narrow roads that are difficult to navigate with an RV. Thankfully, there is an RV parking area just […]
Thanksgiving at Lake Placid
Thanksgiving in Canada happens in mid-October, and this year our aunt invited us to spend it with her in Lake Placid, site of the 1932 and 1980 winter Olympics (and also that movie about the giant crocodile). We stayed in the Presidential Suite of a sprawling log cabin lodge in Lake Placid. The four bedrooms […]
The Year in Books: October with A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson chronicles the author’s attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail, starting off in Georgia on March 9. The Appalachain Trail runs more than 2,100 miles across 14 states, from Georgia in the south to Maine in the northeast. Before attempting the trail, Bryson does some […]