It was that time again, the time to go on a little family adventure and this time we set our sights again on Tofino, British Columbia. We have been to Tofino two previous times as a family and my wife and I have visited numerous times before having children. It is a great place to…
Family Trip: Hornby Island in the Off-Season
Do you have a place you like to vacation to with your family? Is it local or is it abroad? We of course love traveling both abroad and locally but lately we have stuck around the BC area and with that we love hitting up Hornby Island. Hornby Island is one many Northern Gulf islands…
Family Outing: Apple Picking in Abbotsford
One of the things we as a family have wanted to do this year was find a place we could go pick apples. We did just that, we decided that on a Saturday we would pick one of the (somewhat) local farms to go apple picking and it was not quite what I was expecting,…
Family Outing: Fort Rodd Hill, Victoria BC.
I may be a bit behind in writing about our family adventures, but I hope it is not too late to write about them (even if they are not fresh in my mind). Last month, in April, we planned a nice week long vacation to Vancouver Island. This involved visiting our friends for 3 nights…
Day Tripping to the Othello Tunnels
My 10 week parental leave is coming to an end shortly and one of the small day trips I wanted to do during my 10 week leave was visit the Othello Tunnels out in Hope, BC. Part of the Kettle Valley Railway, the Othello Tunnels (also known as the Quintette Tunnels) is situated in the…
Family Travel: Costa Rica
Our family trip to Costa Rica was back in the beginning of 2015, roughly when “A” was 19 months old. We love traveling and wanted to go on a family adventure before “A” was required to have his own seat on a plane. My wife and I have been to Costa Rica before; actually this…