Our third and final day in Texas was spent in Austin and Houston, Texas. Our stops included a cruise along the Colorado River where we go to experience the emergence of literally millions of bats, lunch at June’s Restaurant up in SoCo, and a tour of the Houston Space Center. This was a great way […]
Tag: on the road
Day Two in Austin Texas
Day two in Austin Texas included a wander along South Congress, a shopping district known to the locals as SoCo, an extended period of time in Allens Boots – Austin’s boot superstore, and finally, a visit to the Circuit of Americas racetrack. Another crazy busy day that again ended with all of us on the dance […]
Traveling the Scenic 7
Typically, when we travel to the interior of BC we avoid the freeway (Hwy 1) and we choose to travel via the Lougheed Hwy – the Scenic 7. It really is a beautiful drive and as I’ve aged, my driving habits have become much more like my Dad’s. He always talked about how a car […]
Happy Father’s Day to my dad. Unfortunately he is no longer with us here in his physical form. If he was, he would fit right in with all the other hipsters.
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#fathersday
1 week ago
Mowed the “lawn” today. Good to know that in times of stress and uncertainty, trees are always there to listen and make things better.
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#lawncare #cabinlifestyle #getoutside #explorebc #lifeisbetterwithtrees #trees
1 week ago
Sometime ago and for reasons unclear to me, on my birthday my mom and my sister began making birthday cakes for me as if I was a 10 year old boy.
Maybe a bit odd, but you know, it is kind of fun to have a cake like a 10 year old would enjoy! Who doesn’t like Hot-wheel cars, trucks, and diggers on a cake?!
This year my sister continued the tradition.
While going through family photos recently we found a panorama style photo of our family home before it was burned in the Lytton Fire of 2014. The photo was obviously taken before there was a panorama feature on a camera!
Anyway, my sister recreated the scene using cream cheese icing (my favourite!) and a variety of edible decorations like pretzels, chocolate covered raisins, chocolate crumble, and more.
Aren’t sisters the greatest? This one got me right in the feeling part of my heart.
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#happybirthday #birthdaycake #lyttonstrong #lytton #jeep #family #sisters #gratitude
2 weeks ago
Let’s cook. Flashback to my weekend at the cabin and pan frying potstickers over a fire using my @fieldcompany cast iron pan.
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#castironcooking #castironskillet #letscook #outdoorcooking #cabinlife #cabinvibes #cookingwithfire #getoutside #explorebc
2 weeks ago
We spent some time looking at flowers this weekend. And a big tree. A really big tree.
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#flowers #trees #bigtrees #getoutside #explorebc #wildflowers #weekendvibes #lyttonstrong #botanie
3 weeks ago
For Christmas my aunt and uncle gave me a gift card to my favourite shop.
The shop where everything not only looks sharp, but they are all sharp! Yep, @houseofknives .
Seeing as I have more than enough pocket knives and I’m more than happy with my Fusion kitchen knives, I decided to use my gift card to get a multi-tool.
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Yep. I got a new @leathermancanada Wave. This is a “life long purchase” because if you use/abuse it, the blades are replaceable.
I love that feature because honestly, when I’m on the farm, in the bush camping or hiking, or at the cabin, I like a tool or knife that I can rely on. And sometimes, some might even say I abuse my tools. To know the blades are replaceable is reassuring.
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I’ll share some pics of my new tool in use as soon as I get out of the city.
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#leatherman #leathermanwave #leathermantools #multitool #houseofknives #giftcard #cabinlifestyle #cabinlife
3 weeks ago
I tried @wendyscanada breakfast this week. I had the Baconator breakfast sandwich with a side of the seasoned potato wedges.
The breakfast sandwich was seriously good. It has a fried egg on top of a lot of bacon. Lots of bacon. Which all sits on top of a grilled sausage patty.
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The side of seasoned potatoes was good but they were cool by the time I started eating them. I know they’d taste better if I didn’t wait to eat them.
This is a serious breakfast sandwich. Very filling and very, very good taste! I couldn’t eat my lunch because I was so full from the Breakfast Baconator.
I will 100% have it again!
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#bacon #baconator #breakfastbaconator #wendys #breakfast #nomnom #potatowedges #notsponsored
4 weeks ago
Long weekend vibes from outside of Lytton for the win. Beautiful weather, food, and company. And a bear getting an up close look at the @stealthcamgsm .
And yes, I added more family heirloom cast iron pans to the pan-wall!
What did you get up to on the long weekend? Do you consider the May long weekend the unofficial start of summer?
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#maylongweekend #weekendvibes #cabinlife #cabinlifestyle #castironcooking #lyttonstrong #trailcamera
1 month ago