BufferAfter 30 days living in the Californian desert, we’re heading home. Me by van – the family by plane. As we leave and move on to the next chapter of our charmed life, there are a few things I will be missing as soon as I drive away from Palm Springs. The warmth of the air [...]

BufferWe’ve just completed our first cruise as a family and generally it went pretty well. I spent much of the cruise feeling like an outsider trying to understand the culture of cruising. By no means am I an expert after one cruise, but having been through the process I have learned a few things that [...]

BufferWe just completed our first cruise vacation as a family and, while the verdict is still out on whether we will repeat it again in the future, the pictures are great. (If I don’t say so myself.) I’m working on a longer piece on the ups and downs of cruising (hey, there’s a nice title for [...]

BufferFor the first time since moving out west, we have had a Palter family vacation. Figuring that now that we were only 13 hours apart by car (only?), we planned to meet brother Frank and his family somewhere between Edmonton and Vancouver. We decided on Kelowna. Well, actually La Casa Resort and Cottages, near Fintry, BC. We [...]