On the side of the road just south of Whistler, BC there’s a tiny little brown side that points to the entrance for Brandywine Falls Provincial Park. Nondescript, apparently inconsequential, it was a impulsive detour.
Inconsequential, nothing.
A brief hike along a merry little stream confirmed our theory that it was going to be a worthless view. A 70 meter waterfall (229.659 feet, if you’re wondering) is NOT a worthless view. And we quickly discovered our error.
I flew home on a whim a couple weeks ago. A 3500 mile journey with three days notice. No small feat, but thanks to Google Flights I found an ideal itinerary within my budget and was able to be with my family when they needed me. It’s nice to be needed, you know? Despite the…
Reading was my number one “hobby.” I listed it first on all online profiles, job applications, and college questionnaires during my high school days. Geek alert, eh? Somehow, though, in between reading 50+ pages per class hour in college and discovering the glorious world of mind-numbing Netflix, reading became an afterthought instead of the primary pasttime….
I love having guests come visit me from my homeland of North Carolina. We band together drinking sweet tea and speaking in exaggerated drawls and spreading “ya’lls” like there’s no tomorrow. I make them eat a Tim Hortons donut. I beg them to try poutine. I show off my mountains. I take them to the…
The dawn wasn’t as dramatic as I’d hoped for (I love dawn. Always have. Always will.), but the view was nonetheless spectacular. We left our corner of normalcy at o’dark thirty (I think it was 530am, if we’re going to be specific) to catch the 7am ferry across the ocean. Yes, I did say ferry…
Inside the Devan Greenhouse flower bower, I darted from question to activity: setting up the cake designed by Cakes by Madison, helping Cas choose a necklace for her outfit, picking lipstick colors for Ashley, adjusting the fabulous bowtie from Arrow and Lace, making last minute adjustments to the skirts (I made from this skirts following this…
Lessons from my Solo Roadtrip I should’ve invested the time into a grocery store run before setting out on a solo roadtrip. Roadtrip snacks are a necessity and in the wilderness of British Columbia and the desert of Washington State, food options are few and far between. (Lesson: When a Safeway advertises “deli” in small…