It’s always nice to eat somewhere new and unusual. I trekked out past Vermillion, Alberta to a family catering business. A 9.7 km drive from the main highway and 12.9 km from Vermillion, this retreat in rural Alberta will be a neat place to stay and eat in the future. Red Feather Ridge (780-763-2385, email) [...]

Kalyna Country doesn’t seem to be known outside of Edmonton, AB. When I told my family and friends I was going to Alberta to explore a region called Kalyna Country, I got mostly blank stares. 22,000 square kilometres of land east of Edmonton, Alberta is a melting pot of European cultures that settled here. Most [...]

With all the travelling I do, as well as all the time I spend typing away on my laptop (oftentimes in un-ergonomically correct positions), my body takes the toll with sore muscles in my neck and arms. I have decided to make it a priority to get regular massage therapy treatments when I’m home in [...]

I don’t have a car and don’t even like driving all that much (except on road trips to places I’ve never been!). So it’s interesting that my grandfather spent 52 years driving a truck through North America’s shoddy roads (at the time) and was as happy as he could be. Although he talked about his [...]