Expedition Canada

Trailer & Tariffs Beaver on Nita Lake We first came out to Canada in 2000 for a 2 week holiday.  The plan was to spend a week in Muskoka, North of Toronto, then drive over to Vancouver and spend a week on the West Coast. Realising it would take the best part of a our second week to get there, we abandoned the plan. Lake Vernon on the edge of Huntsville was our base for those two weeks, playing in boats on the interconnected lakes the first week, then exploring Lake Huron and the Algonquin National Park, north of Huntsville the second week.  In the two weeks in Ontario and every visit to Canada since, we've never seen a beaver in the wild; nor since we moved to Canada in 2021.  That was four years ago, Thursday April 3rd. The last week of Feb we were in Whistler for a week and on one of my early morning walks with Jack we discovered a young beaver was walking along the ice on Nita Lake.  It's one of the last places I'd expect to see a beaver as it doesn't fee...

Chips Portland Willamette River waterfront A Canadian export that the USA can't slap an import tax on - the more the merrier, they crap everywhere!  Thu Aug 29 A 45 min hop in a Dash 8 If you have been brought up on salt and vinegar with your chips (or fries as they are known over here) the idea of having them soaked in gravy may feel somewhat alien.  Poutine, or fries with brown gravy and cheese curds originated in Quebec.  Some say it was invented to mock French society (and cuisine) in the Francophone province.  Whatever the true story it has become popular across Canada.  I have avoided it, preferring to stick with the traditional British salt and vinegar 'dressing'.   I mention it because we were in Portland last weekend and spent our first evening at a Peruvian restaurant.  I ordered Lomo Saltado or stir-fried sirloin with tamari, tomatoes, red onion, papas fritas (fries), garlic and rice. Tamari, it turns out is a brown sauce, a byproduct ...