SOMETIMES I FORGET THAT I LIVE A SHORT TRAIN RIDE FROM ONE OF THE WORLD’S NATURAL WONDERS. It’s there, just a tap of a commuter rail pass away, but I’ve still only been to Niagara Falls a handful of times …

All Hat, No Cattle: A Tenderfoot’s Trip to Calgary Stampede
EVERY TOWN HAS ITS SUMMER FAIR, BUT ALMOST NO ONE GOES AS BIG AS CALGARY DOES WITH STAMPEDE. For over a hundred years – the exact beginning is up for debate – Calgary has been celebrating its very prairie image …
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North to James Bay on the Polar Bear Express
THIS WAS A TRIP I HAD DREAMED OF TAKING SINCE I WAS A KID. The journey to James Bay from Cochrane, Ontario wasn’t the most glamorous or scenic of all the railway trips I took during Canada’s sesquicentennial year. There …

Hiking in Hollywood: On Foot and Off the Street in Los Angeles
THE FIRST THING THEY TELL YOU IS THAT NOBODY WALKS IN LOS ANGELES. Which is probably why I was so excited when I was asked to do a travel story about hiking in the City of Angels – three days …
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