I often write about traveling as a family with my husband and two teens, but this trip I switched things up a bit, subtracting the husband and adding 3 additional teens! My son recently turned 16 and rather than throw a tremendously expensive bash in a club, as many here have become accustomed to doing, we decided to take him, his sister and a few friends away for the weekend … [Read more...]
A Getaway to Tofino
I hopped out of the truck and climbed the hill towards my hostel, so giddy I was almost skipping. ‘I did it!’ I thought, ‘I hitchhiked to Tofino!’ Not only had I successfully hitched a ride from Nanaimo to Tofino, I had made it there by 2pm with the rest of the day to spare. Not too shabby. My sister was getting married in Ucluelet in four days and since I had never been to … [Read more...]
