The Alberta Badlands and Canadian Prairies were not on my holiday radar until I watched a webinar about Saskatchewan, “Land of the Living Skies”, given by Wanderlust Magazine and was instantly intrigued. Having previously visited Ontario and British Columbia, travelling to a different...
Once you’ve decided on the route for your family road trip of the Alberta Badlands and Canadian Prairies, and booked the basics – flight, car hire and accommodation – then it’s time to think about more practicalities to help your trip run smoothly. Essential documents for...
The Calgary Stampede is famous for being the largest rodeo in Canada, but unfortunately the dates of this annual event did not coincide with our family road trip to the Alberta Badlands and Canadian Prairies. However, a quick search for rodeos in Canada showed that the Strathmore Stampede...
Having seen the cowboys (and girls) in action at the Strathmore Stampede on the first day of our family road trip of the Alberta Badlands and Canadian Prairies, we intended to continue the cowboy theme on our holiday. Determined to get on horseback at least once, we booked into the...
Where do you go when you need to switch off from the hectic pace and ordinariness of everyday life? Well, the Grasslands National Park in Saskatchewan, Canada could be just the perfect place – a place of peace and tranquillity, where the skies are big and the grass is golden, the wildlife...
Moose Jaw was introduced to me on a webinar given by Wanderlust Magazine about travelling to the Province of Saskatchewan. I was not aware of the town before this webinar and with the nickname of being ‘the most notorious city in Canada’, it sounded intriguing. We decided to add it to our...