50+ World

June 8, 2019

Travel

Driving Iceland's Ring Road in Winter

In recent years Iceland has become the 'hot' new vacation destination in the warmer months - but I traveled to Iceland in winter to see the country in her natural glory.…

October 24, 2018

Holidays & Seasonal

fall walks, autumn hikes, autumn stories, fall scenery, autumn leaves, forest leaves, red trees in autumn, walking in the woods, autumn scenes, barred owl, aubusson carpet leaves, crab spider, maple trees, oak tree leaves, orange leaves, red leaves, yellow leaves, forest walks, rouge national urban park, rouge park trails, rouge national park in autumn, rouge river

Walking Through Fall - Rouge Park

Autumn - Fall - the time of year we see as a defining moment in my part of the world. Out walking in Fall feels entirely different then say, Spring.…

August 30, 2018

giraffe santuary centre, rothschilds giraffes sanctuary, kenya africa, jock leslie melville giraffe centre, african conservation education programs, volunteer conservation programs,

Volunteer + Travel: Kenya

My love of animals and passion for travel came together in perfect harmony... While volunteering at the Toronto Zoo I happened to hear about Animal Experience International (AEI). This Canadian…

August 24, 2018

cape buffalo herd, african buffalo, soysambu conservancy, kenya africa, wild animals

Meeting the Beast Even Lions Won't Attack

Sometimes a vacation isn't always a vacation. Like the time I went to Kenya to help out some giraffes...and was almost killed by a charging Cape buffalo. I didn't…

August 19, 2018

alaskan highway 1942, 1940s world war ii construction projects, alaskan highway 1940s construction, british columbian 1940s history

North to Alaska

A road they said couldn't be built... My dad, Ernie Tomlins, did that twice in his lifetime--went north to Alaska. The first time as a young unmarried man in 1942…