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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Heading To Our Seasonal Site (May 2017)

This one doesn’t reach too far back but given that summer’s (too) quickly coming to an end, I thought I’d post a selfie Shea took of us on our way out to our seasonal campsite in mid-May (and yes, I think our daughter might’ve been buried under some pillows since our van was so full!)

Posted 24 August 2017 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Five Respective Advantages of Saskatchewan’s Provincial & Regional Parks

[These lists are based on my somewhat limited experiences with both provincial and regional parks so the things I mention might not apply at all parks of those types.] Provincial Parks Provincial parks provide free firewood to campers Arguably, provincial parks have more modern and cleaner Service Centres for their washrooms and showers. Have paved […]

Posted 23 August 2017 § List § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

I Can’t Decide If I Should Feel Guilty About Missing So Many of My Daily Blog Posts Due to Camping

Nah… 😉

Posted 13 August 2017 § Blog § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “From nine till five I have to spend my time at work/The job is very boring, I’m an office clerk/The only thing that helps me pass the time away/Is knowing I’ll be back at Echo Beach some day.”

Another unofficial theme for our seasonal camp site at Echo Valley Campground, especially after last weekend when we hit Echo Beach a couple times… “Echo Beach” – Martha and the Muffins

Posted 31 July 2017 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Five Disadvantages of a Seasonal Site

I did a post about the advantages of a seasonal camp site so it’s only fair to list some of the disadvantages. I already mentioned that it ends up being more expensive than you realise. You end up feeling obligated (or at least we do) to go out to your camp site as much as […]

Posted 30 July 2017 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Abandoned Bike

Pace took a couple friends camping this past weekend.  At one point, he asked if they could ride out to the lookout near our site and take their bikes down the hill. I interpreted this to mean “Down the little dirt path to the point just beyond the lookout” but he took it to mean […]

Posted 29 July 2017 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Every Library and Museum in America Mapped

17,000 libraries vs. 14,000 McDonald’s – forget “Value Meals”, sometimes the stats show what society really values. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 28 July 2017 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Library § List § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our First Visit to Echo Valley Provincial Park (June 2015)

Before we had our seasonal site there, we stayed at Echo Valley for a weekend in June 2015. We had a site backing right onto the main playground, only steps from where our seasonal site is now (I often sit in our seasonal site and look over diagonally at the ever-changing nightly campers staying in […]

Posted 27 July 2017 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Five Things We Underbudgeted For At Our Seasonal Campsite

Booze I knew we’d drink a bit at our seasonal site but between booze being expensive and happy hour starting at noonish most days (not to mention Bailey’s in the morning coffee), it adds up fast! Dollar Store Junk We’re spending a ridiculous amount each week on stuff that we use up quickly (glow sticks) […]

Posted 23 July 2017 § Family § Humour § List § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Europe’s Top Things To Do According to Trip Advisor

(via Reddit)

Posted 19 July 2017 § Infographic § MemoryLane § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,