Author: JStoness
The Gatineau Balloon Festival’s Beckoning Skies
Multiple Coloured Balloons Early man used to sit back and wonder at the eagles soaring so effortlessly high above them. Over the years many tried to emulate them. They made frames and covered them and attempted to float off high hills and achieved spectacular results. However other than cleansing the […]
Read MoreL’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Park
Christopher Columbus is credited for discovering North America when he came here in 1492, but he certainly wasn’t the man who discovered it. As I learned in public school, Isolated Coastline around the year 1000, Leif Eriksson, son of the adventurer Erik the Red, sailed west. He was probably not […]
Read MoreThe Ever Striking Blue Ridge Parkway
Road in a Difficult Place If you enjoy mountain driving you will be in your element driving the Blue Ridge Parkway from Virginia through North Carolina. The parkway is essentially a mountain crest highway joining peak to peak through the long Appalachian chain of mountains. This means there will be […]
Read MoreA Return to Quartzsite
If you go south for part of the winter, where do you like to go? Many Canadians will turn their RV’s south looking for sun and sand, and some of them will turn up at Quartzsite, Arizona. During the hot summer, Quartzsite is a quiet Desert Relaxation whistlestop off Interstate-10, […]
Read MoreWater Power is King in Quebec
The increased need for energy is a direct result of our fast growing modern lifestyle. Quebec Power Project at Radisson Before the use of fossil fuels to produce energy, man used the force of moving water. At first the moving water turned wheels that turned other things like saws, and […]
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