by Gary McWilliams | Sep 2, 2025 | Detours and Disasters
Happy Grandparents’ Day 2025 “Grandparents Day: Celebrating the Joy (and Fun!) of Being a Grandparent!” Grandparents Day is the perfect nudge to celebrate something many of us already know in our bones: being a grandparent is pure, practical joy....
by Gary McWilliams | Aug 13, 2025 | Detours and Disasters
Fishing Ontario’s Rivers “River Road Diaries: A Father-and-Son (Daughter) Odyssey Through Ontario’s Finest Fishing Waters!” Prologue – Why We Unhitched the Boat and Hit the Road It started one April evening, long before the map was scrawled with...
by Gary McWilliams | Aug 6, 2025 | Detours and Disasters
Boating on Ontario Lakes “Splash, Smile, Repeat: A Family’s Guide to Recreational Boating on Ontario’s Lakes!” Morning on the Dock — Where the Fun Begins In Ontario, summer mornings have a special scent, equal parts pine, sunscreen, and possibility. The...
by Gary McWilliams | Jul 16, 2025 | Detours and Disasters
Ontario’s Waterfalls and Fishways “Where Water Runs and Fish Jump!” If you let a road map of Ontario unroll across the kitchen table, two blue threads leap out immediately: the mighty Great Lakes tracing the province’s rim, and an inland lattice of...
