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Bikepacking the Kettle Valley Rail Trail: Rock Creek to Kaleden
The Kettle Valley Rail Trail is a long-distance bike path that follows the now abandoned Kettle Valley Railway from Castlegar to Hope, British Columbia. In July 2019, Tiffany and I cycled a 200 kilometer section from Rock Creek to Kaleden. We have a habit of going overboard when we try things for the first time.…
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Hiking at Eagle Hill Near Calgary
Eagle Hill is a great hike for getting back into the swing of things. You get pretty good distance and elevation gain, but without any real punishment. It’s south-facing, and in the lower foothills, so trails are usually doable pretty early. We went out this year on April 17. There was slush and mud, but…
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Accidental Travel Moments: A Winnipeg Case Study
Travel often leaves too little to chance. Between lodging, transportation, excursions and dining reservations, sometimes it can feel like every moment has been researched and planned down to the minute. So, when I booked my first trip to Winnipeg in the fall, I decided to just wing it. From the discount flight to the last-minute…
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Nakijin, Okinawa and the Kindness of Strangers
Bus Schedules and Headlamps The last light of dusk was fading fast. The shades of concrete gray at the Nago Bus Terminal on Okinawa Island began to blend into each other. My hopes of setting up camp before dark outside of the tiny village of Nakijin were fading as quickly as the daylight. I did…
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Tsukiji Market in Tokyo is Alive and Well
Tsukiji: Rumor vs. Reality A few months ago, a rumor that the Tsukiji Market would be moving began to seep into my news feed. The world famous tuna auction would close at the end of September 2018, and reopen about four and a half kilometers down the street, in Toyosu. I was planning a trip…
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Yokohama Beats Tokyo: Why You Should Visit Japan’s Second Largest City
Tokyo is big. Like, biggest city in the world kind of big. To be honest, it’s a little overwhelming for my introverted self. Japan’s second largest city, Yokohama, is about 30 minutes away from Tokyo Central Station by train. Despite its proximity, Yokohama is definitely not a suburb. Yokohama has a beautiful waterfront, Japan’s largest…
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Real-Life at Mt. Assiniboine
By Tiffany Wight The Cold My dad caught a cold in may. It was late May, and temperatures were higher than usual, so he wanted it to go away. My mom was getting ready to go out to Osoyoos for the summer, and everything was boring and normal. My dad’s cold did not improve, and…
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Time Traveling through Seattle
“Real time travel is when you are in the same places you’ve once been.” -beat poet Ali Eskandarian Seattle via Time Travel If I have a true physical home, it is in Seattle. The mountains and the ocean and a whole lot of rain, something about it just feels right to me. It’s been over…
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The Raasay Heritage Trust
Upon arriving on the Isle of Raasay, we meandered up to the end of a lonely road that took us to the remote northern half of the island. We got our boots wet at Brochel Castle, and my father-in-law Clarke finally saw Calum’s Road with his own two eyes. With a good sense of the…
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The Dream Trip Is Worth It
By Ashley Ronnell It was June 2017, just before Fathers Day. I had just won a pair of airline tickets in a silent auction, and Tiffany and I waffled between a trip to Hawaii for the two of us, or a trip to Scotland. We had talked for years about taking Tiffany’s dad Clarke on…