People always advise young girls from travelling alone. Though their concern is usually for safety reasons, I’ve always avoided travelling alone because I thought I would get lonely. After all, aren’t the beautiful places in the world better enjoyed with the people you love? Then, last summer, a last-minute trip to Europe for a family wedding meant I ended up making plans to … [Read more...]
Overcoming Fears Road Tripping to Phoenix Arizona
The opportunity came for a short get away to Phoenix Arizona, which was to include children. Being that we currently reside in Los Angeles, the most cost beneficial way to make this trip work was to drive. Unfortunately for me, my husband ended up having to fly off elsewhere for work, leaving the vacation to me. I was excited to have special mom/kids quality adventure time, … [Read more...]
Road Tripping #CrossCanada With Cats
Now it is true that I may have a great love for cats, but I am not the crazy cat lady, despite what some people might think. We only had two cats in the car on our recent road trip #CrossCanada, because their were two of us in the car, we each have one cat, and as we were in Ontario, the cats had to get home to BC too. You see, nothing crazy here, all perfectly normal. You … [Read more...]
Ross Neilsen Singing the Solo Blues at the 2012 IBC in Memphis, Tennessee
For those of you that have been reading along here and on my site this past Autumn, you might remember this week's musician from the Sufferin' Bastards, as in 'Ross Neilsen & the Sufferin' Bastards'. Seems only fitting that Ross should be featured on Tunes from the Road again, as he inspired the diversion of what was suppose to be a road trip to … [Read more...]
#CrossCanada Playlist ~ Ron Sexsmith’s Long Player Late Bloomer
Those of you following our tweets will know that we just did a road trip across Canada from Vancouver to Toronto, which was pretty incredible and felt like a Canadian right of passage. Perfect time of year to do it with the gorgeous changing of Autumn colours as we went. Only draw back (with the exception of Sudbury to Toronto, which is not an especially picturesque leg of the … [Read more...]
