Category: RTW Travel
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Vivacious Victoria!
Read more: Vivacious Victoria!We loved our time on British Columbia’s mainland, but more adventures awaited us as we headed to Vancouver Island and BC’s capital city of Victoria. We had rented a car while in Vancouver and now we had a challenge – how do we drive our car across the water? Our vehicle was not amphibious (though…
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West Coast Awesomeness!
Read more: West Coast Awesomeness!We love the West Coast and really enjoyed visiting all of the great tourist sites…but nothing is better than staying with locals who are also very dear friends. About 20 years ago, I went to the University of Ottawa with one of my highschool friends Jenn Holley. While living in Thompson residence, she met another Torontonian,…
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Learning the Native Way
Read more: Learning the Native WayWe have learned a lot about the Natives in Alaska and thought we should learn about the ones in Canada, our own country. The Native Center in Whistler was the perfect place to learn about them. This museum in the Whistler Village was for the Squamish and Lilwat tribes. We learned about everything the Natives had to…
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Vancouver – Canada’s most livable city
Read more: Vancouver – Canada’s most livable cityVancouver is ranked as the most livable city in Canada, and is rated number 5 in the world! I’m sure that being exposed to beautiful scenery each day – mountains and water – certainly helps to make the city an easy place to live. We think that Toronto could learn some lessons from Vancouver to…
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Cool with a “K” Ketchikan
Read more: Cool with a “K” Ketchikan“Next stop… Ketchikan, Alaska!” We already learned a bit about the Tlingit Natives in Hoonah, but also wanted to learn about the Haida tribe. Ketchikan was the perfect place to do just that! When I did some research, I found out that the Totem Bight State Park was one of the top three things to…