walking on travels

Special thanks to Claudia at TheTravellingMom.ca for sharing her 5 favorite things to do in Vancouver, BC this holiday season.  The holidays have arrived! There are so many great family-friendly Christmas events around Vancouver, I think it’s impossible to get to them all without exhausting oneself. Many of our favorite events include enjoying the great [...]

Autumn is the perfect time to get out and explore in the Pacific Northwest. The weather is mild, the sun is usually still shining and prices have begun to drop in the more popular tourist areas. Most of the tourist crowd has also gone back home. Weekend trips are ideal if you don’t want to [...]

As we settle into life as a family of four with baby Ty I’ve invited a few fellow travelers to share some of their stories. Up first was Nancy from Family on Bikes sharing her tale of traveling to Ethiopia with her 6-week-old twin boys. Last week Amy at Livin on the Road gave us a peek [...]

It wasn’t a drizzle. There was no fine mist hanging in the air. This was a torrential downpour. And we were walking in it. Welcome to a winter in Vancouver folks. Now I cannot complain about the rain. We have lived in Seattle for over 5 years now. Supposedly I am used to the rain. [...]

We recently spent a blustery and wet weekend up in Vancouver in February. What better time to escape the USA than on Presidents Day weekend? The weather may not have been perfect but our stay at the Pan Pacific Vancouver took a little bit of the bite out of the cold weather. It was our [...]

Mike and I were able to take a little food adventure on our weekend in Vancouver. Thanks to my friend over at Trip Styler we had a great list of places to check out as soon as we got to town. We are lucky enough to have a kid who is an adventurous eater and [...]

Bread, rugolach, perogies with just a hint of strawberries and…arctic char? Puzzles, pirate ships, paper dolls and…screaming? There is only one place we could be- Granville Island in Vancouver, BC. No trip to the city would be complete without a visit to the island to check out the Public Market and Kid’s Market. All you [...]