About

Hi, I’m Kevin.

Rather than make this page a long and heroic account of myself, which would be difficult for both of us, I’ll tell you what this blog is about and what you can expect to find here.

I write about local travel. Based in York Region, Ontario, I wander around the Greater Golden Horseshoe one day trip at a time, looking for neighbourhoods, trails, attractions, odd corners and the sort of places that make you say, “How have I lived this close and never been here?”

You won’t find restaurant recommendations here. I’m not a foodie, and I don’t pretend to have expert taste buds. I’ve been told I could be fed sand and still be perfectly satisfied with the flavour, so I’ll leave the dining advice to people who can tell the difference between subtle notes of maple syrup and a hockey puck.

You won’t find hotel or bed-and-breakfast recommendations either. These are day trips, after all. A proper day trip should not require an overnight stay, unless you take a wrong turn on a forest trail and begin considering which moss looks most comfortable for you’re overnight stay. In that case, I hope you packed sensibly.

If there’s a fee to enter a place, I won’t be able to help you. Prices have a sneaky habit of changing depending on the day, the hour, the season, the age of your children, the wisdom of your seniors, and possibly the mood of the person operating the ticket booth. Your best bet is to check directly before you go.

What you will get is the region where each trip takes place within the Greater Golden Horseshoe. From there, you can decide how far it is from your own front door, how much time you’re willing to spend in the car, and whether the outing sounds like your idea of a good day or someone else’s idea of character building.

Most importantly, every trip I write about is one I’ve actually taken. I’m not stitching together second-hand descriptions from another source or pretending to be an expert from an armchair. I went, I looked around, I took the pictures, and in some cases, I probably stood in poison ivy wondering where the exit was.

I’m not a professional travel writer, photographer, or blogger. In fact, blogging is one of the many things I’ve learned since retiring. What I lack in professional credentials, I try to make up for with curiosity, honesty, and a willingness to explore the places close to home. 

Whether you’re visiting from far away or you’ve lived nearby for years, I hope these posts give you a few ideas, a little encouragement, and perhaps just enough curiosity to head out and see what’s waiting down the road.