Deserts and dining: Yorba Linda Day 8 (7 May 2014)

We were itching to get into the hinterland, which is one of the things we really enjoyed about living in SoCal, so with Carolyn at work and having done our errands the previous day, we decided to drive out to one of our favourite hinterland places here, Joshua Tree National Park. It’s a two-hour drive, … Read more

A nice day, and thoughts turn to gardens: Yorba Linda Day 6 (5 May 2014)

We woke up to blue sky. Of course it was blue, it was the day we were leaving! However we had the car so we ditched the idea of going to Casa Loma, though believe it has great gardens. We also decided against the Toronto Islands, figuring the weather wasn’t that great. We decided, instead, … Read more

A day in the country: Toronto Day 12 (5 May 2014)

Day two of our hire car dawned so-so, weather-wise, but we decided to stick to our plan of heading out west to Stratford, famous for its Shakespeare Festival. We decided to  check out another site on the way, just in case it proved interesting. It did … Waterloo Region Museum and Doon Heritage VillageThe Waterloo … Read more

The Falls, Niagara that is: Toronto Day 11 (3 May 2014)

The last Saturday of our holiday – both in Toronto, and indeed overall – had long been planned as meet Hannah’s friend Lisa, she who lured Hannah to Toronto with hints of work opportunities, and visit Niagara Falls. And this is indeed what we did. Niagara FallsWe picked up Hannah and Lisa at Hannah’s place … Read more