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Pretty Scary: Monster Month and Autumn Walks in Elora

Rick McGinnis October 26, 2021

LOCKDOWN KEPT US AWAY FROM ELORA FOR TOO LONG. Our favorite small town – and the “prettiest in Ontario” – came through the other side of the pandemic changed, and we wanted to get a look. It had been over …

Hometown Lockdown: A Day Trip to a few of Hamilton’s Waterfalls

Rick McGinnis November 10, 2020

THANKS TO LOCKDOWN, IT’S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE I LEFT MY HOMETOWN, so I was looking for an excuse for a day trip, to find something Toronto doesn’t have. As I’ve discovered for myself, the city has plenty of …

Instagramable: Fall colors and waterfalls in Dundas

Rick McGinnis December 3, 2019

WINTER HAS COME EARLY THIS YEAR so our fall – brief as it was – had to be savoured quickly and greedily. That meant a trip to Dundas, Ontario and the Spencer Gorge on an October weekend, just as the …

Instagramable: Toronto’s Railway Museum celebrates an anniversary

Rick McGinnis October 4, 2019

I’M ALWAYS AT A LOSS FOR WORDS WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHERE TO GO WHEN THEY VISIT MY HOMETOWN. I have a hard time looking at Toronto as a tourist, so when I try to answer that question, Casa Loma …

Instagramable: Fall Colours and the Group of Seven in Kleinburg

Rick McGinnis November 20, 2018

FALL COLOURS IN ONTARIO ARE A BITTERSWEET THING – they’re lovely, but they mean that winter is on the way. Leaves begin turning in September in the north and make their way down the province to the lakes like wildfire. …