Jasper National Park has turned out to be one of our favourite places that we’ve visited while living in Canada. The small, quaint village of Jasper is beautifully located within Jasper National Park and is the hub of the area, so we made a brief stop for a picnic on our way to the Pocahontas Campground at…

Just a two and a half hour drive from Vancouver lies E. C. Manning Provincial Park and it is definitely worth a weekend trip. Home of the very cute marmot and with many hiking trails to be explored, it is a real outdoor lovers paradise.  We stayed at Coldspring Campground and managed to get a…

A two and a half hour drive from Vancouver, along the spectacular Sea to Sky Highway, lies the beautiful Lillooet Lake. We decided to take advantage of our long weekend and head in land for a dose of lakes and mountains.  The drive to Lillooet Lake takes you through some incredible mountain scenery and some…

We loved Brisbane! We headed there to visit some friends and found it to be a vibrant, interesting and beautiful city.  They make great use of the river running through the centre and we especially enjoyed wondering through the South Bank area.  There are tonnes of excellent restaurants and bars all over the city and…

Whistler is one of the top ski resorts in the world and it’s not hard to see why. It’s not just the skiing that is incredible, it’s the whole package.  However, I won’t get ahead of myself so let’s start with the skiing.  Whistler has two mountains (Blackcomb and Whistler) linked by the Peak to…

While based in Vancouver we decided to pop down to Portland for a quick weekend visit. ‘Popping down’ turned into about 7 hours each way (mainly due to congestion at the border).  But I tell ya, it was all definitely worth it.  There are a lot of accommodation options but we chose a really reasonably priced AirBnB…

We continued our brewery tour of Alaska as we made our way up to Talkeetna.  The first stop was in Wasilla at Last Frontier Brewing Co. which continued the Alaskan trend of superb craft beer.  Just before we arrived in Talkeetna we stopped at Denali Brewing Co. which turned out to be one of our…

I have been lucky enough to visit some incredible places in my life and I must say that Kodiak Island in Alaska ranks as one of the best trips I have ever been on.  I feel that the words ‘spectacular’ and ‘amazing’ just don’t do it justice.  This place is so much more than that –…

We flew into Anchorage late in the evening and immediately headed to the Anchorage Downtown Hotel for some beauty sleep in preparation for a bunch of activities the next day. Anchorage Downtown Hotel is a nice, average and cheap hotel in a brilliant location.  It’s a bit dated but honestly, for the price, it was…

The Rockies in summer are stunning and should be on everyone’s Canadian bucket list. Their beauty is the reason that everyone wants to visit and it pays to book your camping spot well in advance.  We were originally planning on only visiting Jasper National Park over the August long weekend, however, there were no camping spots…