Ontario | The Cabin
August 2025 – 2 days
We haven’t gone anywhere since returning from New Zealand in May. We’ve been staying close to home and have just been spending time with friends and family, gardening and doing stuff around the house. But summer was ending and we wanted to make the most of our time with M before she started day care in September. We planned a short one week road trip to Quebec and decided to spend the weekend at the cabin since it was somewhat along the drive.
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New Zealand
March to May 2025 – 35 days
New Zealand has been on our bucket list for quite some time, after watching Lord of the Rings actually. From snow-capped mountains, turquoise lakes, stunning coastlines, and ancient rainforests, the scenery is breathtaking. But it’s far from home. It’s not the sort of place you can visit for a week or two, or even three. But then the stars aligned when K took parental leave and I returned to work with over two and a half years worth of vacation days. So naturally we planned a long vacation, and there was no debate about where we were going.
North Island: Auckland, Whangarei, Northland Region, Wellington, Tongariro, Rotorua, Hobbiton, Hamilton, Waitomo Caves and Thames
South Island: Akaroa, Christchurch, Arthur’s Pass, Aoraki/Mount Cook, Dunedin, Southern Scenic Route, Milford Sound, Queenstown, Wanaka, Mount Aspiring, Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers, the rest of the West Coast and Nelson
British Columbia | Vancouver
March 2025 – 2 days
Vancouver is an extremely picturesque city that’s surrounded by the mountains and the sea. But it’s also one of the rainiest cities in Canada. While the summer is typically dry, the rest of the year can be damp and wet. I guess they don’t call it the wet coast for nothing.
Ontario | Thousand Islands National Park
February 2025 – 2 days
The Thousand Islands are a group of 1,864 islands located in the St. Lawrence River between southeastern Ontario in Canada and northern New York in the United States. Thousand Islands National Park is located on the Canadian side and is spread across 21 of these islands and a few different areas on the mainland. While the islands are inaccessible in the winter, there are a few hiking trails on the mainland section of the park that remain open year-round.
Ontario | Point Pelee National Park
February 2025 – 4 days
Point Pelee may be one of the smallest national parks in Canada, but it’s also the most ecologically diverse. It’s located on a peninsula on Lake Erie and is the southernmost point of the mainland in Canada. It contains several habitats including beach, marsh, dry and wet forest and cedar Savannah. It’s open year-round and is a popular spot for swimming, birdwatching and hiking.
Ontario | MacGregor Point Provincial Park
February 2025 – 2 days
MacGregor Point Provincial Park is located along the shore of Lake Huron. It’s super popular in the summer because of its sandy beach. But the park remains open in the winter and offers a variety of activities to enjoy the snow, including skating, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
Ontario | Arrowhead Provincial Park
January 2025 – 2 days
Arrowhead Provincial Park is located in Muskoka. While this area is commonly known as cottage country, it also boasts of being one the snowiest regions in Ontario. In the winter Arrowhead offers skating, cross-country, skiing and other winter activities to enjoy the snow. It also offers winter camping, including several rustic cabins for those that want to stay overnight in the park.
Ontario | Killarney Provincial Park
January 2025 – 2 days
For the past few years we’ve been visiting Killarney Provincial Park at the end of the fall or beginning of winter when the trails are much quieter. It’s located along the northern shore of Georgian Bay and features windswept pines, lush forests, pink granite and white quartzite ridges. The landscape is so breathtakingly beautiful that it provided much inspiration to the famous Group of Seven painters. We typically stay in one of two of the rustic cabins, but they’re becoming much more challenging to book. Instead we managed to reserve one of their yurts and decided to give that a whirl.