FAMILY TRAVEL: Dog Sledding with Kids in TOw

FAMILY TRAVEL: Dog Sledding with Kids in TOw

Have you ever gone winter camping? Dog sledding? With your kids in TOw? I asked my friend and Ottawa mom of two to share her family’s winter adventure spending the night on a dog sledding expedition in South River, ON near Algonquin Park … in -30C. It was...
Family Travel: Ottawa in Winter

Family Travel: Ottawa in Winter

If there is one city that knows how to do winter, it’s Ottawa. We spent a frigid few days in the nation’s capital swapping in our summer adventures for one filled with skating, skiing and hot tubbing outside. (The latter a glorious afternoon without kids in TOw...
Arrowhead Provincial Park Skate Trail

Arrowhead Provincial Park Skate Trail

What is more Canadian than skating through a forest? It seems that all roads head north in the summer, but we say head in that direction in winter too. A 10-minute drive north of Huntsville in the heart of Muskoka is Arrowhead Provincial Park. Situated around...
Family Travel: Ottawa with Kids in TOw

Family Travel: Ottawa with Kids in TOw

It is so easy to be a tourist in Ottawa. And the best part is that there are so many family-friendly destinations in walking distance, even for little legs in TOw. We spent a quick weekend in the National Capital. It’s impossible to fit in all the sights in one go but...
Family Travel: The Bruce Peninsula in Ontario

Family Travel: The Bruce Peninsula in Ontario

Oh Ontario. There is so much of you to discover. We skipped TOwn and went west and north to explore the Bruce, a gorgeous piece of the province filled with beaches, bays, forests and farms. With the Georgian Bluffs (near Wiarton) as our home base, we day tripped up...