Channel Islands National Park, California

Nothing says “I love you” like a whale watching trip on Valentine’s Day!   Hank surprised me with two tickets to take a boat out of Ventura Harbor with Island Packers, the official vendor of Channel Islands National Park in Southern California. Their boats take you to the Channel Islands (Anacapa, …

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Early Winter in Yellowstone National Park –Weather and Wildlife and Geysers

This was our fourth trip to Yellowstone, and we keep going back because of the amazing wildlife. It’s always an adventure, but this year was especially so for two reasons—the visible wildlife and the out-of-character weather. Weather: We traveled to Yellowstone from Grand Teton, the day after a snowstorm, and …

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Southern Ontario

Our last week in Canada began by crossing to the north side of the St. Lawrence River and then crossing from Quebec into Ontario, our last Canadian province of this trip. We were a little sad to leave Quebec, having gotten used to hearing and seeing French everywhere. But we …

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Québec City to Montreal

When friends and family heard that we were visiting Eastern Canada, every single person said, “Be sure to visit Québec City. It’s the best!” And they were right.   Québec City is one of the oldest European settlements in North America, and the second oldest in Canada. Explorer Samuel de Champlain …

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