Up early this morning to try and maximize our time on the slopes. We typically try to be some of the first up the lift but then call it a…
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Blue Mountain – Day 1
The Highest Highs and the Lowest Lows (aka Rage Against the Mountain Machine) After taking almost a year to consider whether or not to publish our Blue Mountain posts we’ve…
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Sir Sam’s Ski Resort – Day 5
Sir Sam’s Ski Resort – Day 4 can be found here. Today is our travel day, so no need to wake early – though we did so anyway, more out…
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Sir Sam’s Ski Resort – Day 4
Sir Sam’s Ski Resort – Day 3 can be found here. Not quite so early this morning – we’d learned our lesson after arriving before open the day before, so…
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Sir Sam’s Ski Resort – Day 3
Sir Sam’s Ski Resort – Day 2 can be found here. Up bright and early at 7 am. Fed the kids, loaded everyone in the car and then left for…
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Sir Sam’s Ski Resort – Day 2
Sir Sam’s Ski Resort – Day 1 can be found here. Up bright and early at 7 am. There was a bit of noise late last night as some of…
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Sir Sam’s Ski Resort – Day 1
I used to dread winter. The cold. The shovelling. The snow. More shovelling. Winter always seemed to be something to suffer through – to escape if possible. But not something…
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Lake Erie / Great Wolf Lodge – Part 3
Lake Erie / Great Wolf Lodge – Part 2 can be found here. Up bright and early at 7:30 am the next morning so that we could hit the buffet…
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Lake Erie / Great Wolf Lodge – Part 2
Lake Erie / Great Wolf Lodge – Part 1 can be found here. Up bright and early the following day. Time to pack up. In retrospect I think we would…
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Lake Erie / Great Wolf Lodge – Part 1
Normally, we struggle with how to fit a trip into the time available – schoolwork needs to be caught up and obligations need to be met (or set aside). Finding…
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