We eventually found our way to Grand Etang Natural Park after the detour at Shodoo Falls. The park contains Grand Etang Lake (“Big Pond Lake”), which is a water-filled crater of a 12,000 year old extinct volcano.
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Grenada / International Travel
Shodoo Falls
On our drive to Grand Etang National Park, we got a bit off course. As we were driving over a bridge looking for a place to turn around, we looked over and spotted a waterfall, with a convenient area to park right beside it. We overhead a tour van driver say to his load of […]
Grenada / International Travel
Fort Jeudy Point
For Christmas, Nolan chipped in with us to purchase a used drone from kijiji. He brought it to Grenada and was keen to try it out. Unfortunately, our airbnb is too close to the airport for him to fly there, so he asked to be taken to Fort Jeudy Point for drone flying.
Grenada / International Travel
Grand Anse Beach
One of the most popular beaches of Grenada is Grand Anse Beach. It’s 3 km of soft powdery beach, on the Caribbean side of the island. It was the first beach we visited, the day after we arrived in Grenada.
Grenada / International Travel
Grenada – getting there
We were booked on the 10:15 AM to Grenada on Sunwing on Christmas Day, and a large snowstorm was predicted a couple of days before Dec 25. The weather cooperated, so we arrived at the airport the usual 3 hours prior to departure. For multiple trips now, we’ve been taking only carry-on, but due to […]
Celebrations
Memory Tree
We began our family tradition for “Christmas dinner” in 2020 with the All Day Nibbles. This year, we decided to progress on our memory tree. We have a number of Travel ornaments, and hope to add lots more! We plan to update this post yearly as we add to the tree.
Activities
Frog Dissection
Nolan’s Science class did their frog dissection this week. Thanks to Nolan and his friends for the photos and videos for this post.
Activities
Halloween at Emerg
About a week ago (Oct 23), Nolan stubbed his toe badly while running up the stairs. The next day, he ran 5K in the City Championships. And then yesterday (Oct 29), we all went for a 10km hike with friends. At the end of the hike, he said his knee hurt (this, we know about, […]
Activities
City Championship
After weeks of daily early-morning or after-school practices, Nolan placed 7th in the North Toronto meet. As a result, he was able to attend the city races. In November, he’ll be trying out for the Swim Team and the Water Polo Team. No sleeping in allowed!
Projects
Lara’s Quilt
The last couple of weeks, Lara kept disappearing into her room for a secret project. The result of that secret project was revealed this morning. Thanks go to consultants Aunt Mary and Courtney for sharing ideas and stories behind the quilts they made. These are the lessons she learned for the queen-sized quilt she and […]