White Rock: A Canadian Beach Town on the Border

Although we don’t live that far from the Canadian border, it had been a while since we traveled north. COVID stopped all traffic for a while. However, the border has been open for some time, and we had talked about going up to visit. Then my brother and his wife invited us to spend a few days in Whistler with them at their time share so it seemed a perfect opportunity to cross the border and visit up north. After…

Enjoying a Garden, a Lighthouse, and Hanalei Beach

Thursday we were ready to travel north again to Hanalei. After being thwarted on Tuesday, we now knew when the highway would be open. We had everything timed out, and we were ready to go. Our first stop of the day was the Na ‘Aina Kai Botanical Gardens (Lands by the Sea). Like many gardens, this one began as a private garden. Joyce and Ed Doty moved to Kauai in the late 1970’s and began to create a garden. As…