Category Archives: Recommendations

I know most people do not use travel agents very often anymore, they go on-line and book their own flights etc.  Recommending a travel agent seems to be a bit redundant.  However, on a trip like this, when I need … Continue reading →

We bought our tent for the Grand Adventure from Big Agnes.  It is a 3-person tent which gives us ample room under the fly to keep our panniers safe and sound.  It is big enough inside to put our Thermarest … Continue reading →

July 24, 2013 We have all of our panniers for the Grand Adventure.  Or at least I thought we had. Ralf decided he would like to have a different set of rear panniers to take on the Grand Adventure.  We … Continue reading →

Trek is my local bike store (LBS).  In my opinion it is the best bicycle store in Barrie.  The service is awesome.  It doesn’t matter if you are 6 or 60 the guys at the store will make sure you … Continue reading →

Sojourn is a great outdoors store in Barrie, Ontario.  We have been going there for years and have bought most of our outdoor gear from the store.  Although there might be less expensive places to buy outdoor gear the service … Continue reading →