“Take off your shirt.” I looked at him in disbelief. “You take off yours, I’ll take off mine.” I scrutinized the number of people in the room… I’ve always been a shy person, and even at 20, there was no way I was stripping down in a sports bar full of men, especially since I was the …
Canada
Tour a Prison at Kingston Penitentiary
Kingston Penitentiary (KP) is a maximum-security facility with a powerful exterior, standing tall against the lapping waves of Lake Ontario. Looming over Portsmouth Harbour and the Village of Portsmouth, the residents are quite accustomed to having Canada’s home for her most notorious criminals, …
Love Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island 
I’ve loved Butchart Gardens since I first saw it as a child. It was unlike any gardens I’d seen anywhere and 45 years later I can still say the same. My last visit was the summer of 1987… until this year! The first time I’ve seen Butchart basking in it’s holiday glow, alit with more Christmas …