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25
Jun

Family Cycling in Montreal

“If you go this way, it will be about six kilometres.”   A sharp pain hit my chest as I heard those words.  The young employee at Ça Roule, a cycling shop in Old Montreal, was tracing a course on a map with his finger.  “It’s an easy route.”

Well, easy if you cycle every week, but not if you haven’t taken your dusty bike out of the basement for over seven years.  I do spend about ten minutes on an exercise bike sporadically, but I had a feeling that patchy activity I like to pass off as physical fitness wasn’t going to be much help in this situation.  And we weren’t just talking about a few kilometres on a cruiser bike.

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21
May

Summer Fun in Tobermory

Shipwrecks, lighthouses and hidden caves. It may sound like things you would run into on a Caribbean adventure, but it can all be found in Tobermory, Ontario. Located on the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, three hours northwest of Toronto, this little town delivers big outdoor family fun in a small town setting. In fact, after spending some time in Tobermory, it’s guaranteed your kids will have the best “what I did on my summer vacation” story when they return to school.

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12
May

Just wild about Harry…Potter that is

I have a confession to make: I’m not a Harry Potter fan.  I’ve never read any of the books and I’ve only seen one of the movies.  Insert your gasps here.   Yes, I know that I’m part of a very small minority but I guess I’m just not a fan of the fantasy genre.  Having said that, experiencing Harry Potter: The Exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre has sparked my interest in the series.

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27
Apr

Horseplay Niagara Perfect for Absolute Beginners

I catch my breath as I settle in the saddle. Sunny, the horse I’ve been given to ride at Horseplay Niagara, shifts under my weight and my heart jumps into my mouth.  At the moment she seems bigger than a dinosaur.

“Don’t pull the reins until I tell you, OK?” Karen, a guide in chaps and a long leather coat is giving me instructions, but what she’s telling me isn’t quite computing. I’m too terrified.  A variety of scenarios that involve falling off and being stomped on by heavy hooves rush through my mind.

“Pull the reins, yes…” I mumble incoherently.

“No, I said don’t pull the reins yet,” the guide corrects firmly.

I had a bad horse experience when I was just eight-years-old.  While vacationing in a village in Portugal, some kids thought it would be fun to put my sister and I on a horse and then see if they could get it to kick us off.

While we were on, someone began swatting the horse’s hindquarters with a stick, causing it to buck.  Everyone was laughing, even my sister thought it was fun, but I was terrified and began to cry.  Finally taken off the horse, I swore never to get on another one again.

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