Travel Anxiety

“You must be so excited!!” I’m actually more terrified that I’m in over my head. My husband and I are about to embark on our most epic trip yet: Thailand. Most epic in that it’s the longest we’ve ever gone for, the furthest we’ve ever been from home and the most out of our comfort zone. We’ve been planning the trip for nearly a…

Staycation Alberta: The Canmore Grassi Lakes Hike

In June, Shawn and I had a four day stretch off together and decided to go to Canmore, located in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta. Canmore is a lovely place for a getaway. A four hour’s drive from Edmonton and one hour west of Calgary, it isn’t quite within the boundaries of Banff National Park, so you don’t have to pay the daily National…

Staycation Alberta: Reynolds-Alberta Museum

Father’s Day is tomorrow and you may still be looking for ideas on where to take dad on his big day. Last year, my family and I were looking for somewhere appropriate to take our dad. He has Alzheimer’s dementia and it can be difficult to find places to take him that are easy to access with mobility issues and have something interesting to…