Choosing my favourite city in the United States isn’t difficult—San Francisco, with its dramatic weather, beautiful neighbourhoods, and unique blend of cultures, is unmatched for me. For two summers, when I was in University, I lived just south of San Francisco and visited as often as I could. I didn’t have a lot of spare…
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For the New Year, 1981 by Denise Levertov I have a small grain of hope– one small crystal that gleams clear colors out of transparency. I need more. I break off a fragment to send you. Please take this grain of a grain of hope so that mine won’t shrink. Please share your fragment so…
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Before meeting my husband and his family, who are Danish-Canadians, I had no experience with Scandinavian Christmas traditions. My understanding of Christmas was limited to the typical North American customs. My husband’s family does things a little differently. They celebrate, open gifts, and eat Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve. They eat festive foods like pickled…
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Cruising the Panama Canal is on most cruise-lovers’ bucket lists. And for good reason!  As one of the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century, it’s something every traveller should experience at least once. Before joining Wells Gray Tours, I worked for an international consulting company that was the Program Manager for the most recent…
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The ancient Mayan civilization was a hot topic a few years ago when the Mayan calendar system came to an end, inspiring some to believe that the world would end on December 21, 2012. The media hype that ensued was later termed ‘the 2012 phenomenon’. Of course, like many doomsday prophesies, the predictions did not come…
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In 2020 the 42nd Passion Play will be performed in the small Bavarian town of Oberammergau. Every 10 years from May to October, the play is performed to bring to life the story of Christ and fill a promise made almost 400 years ago. During the 1600’s Europe and the UK were ravaged by the…
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Working in the travel industry has provided me with many opportunities that I would never have sought out for myself. I’ve ridden in a NASCAR pace car at 125 miles an hour, stood on the top Kicking Horse Mt in South Dakota and danced with crabs in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. All of…
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Do you have family or friends in the Greater Vancouver Area? If you do, we are making it easy for them to join you on your next Wells Gray Tours travel adventure. Social media forums such as Facebook have allowed us to easily stay connected or reconnect with those that we have shared past adventures…
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If you follow our blogs, you may remember that in December of 2017 I wrote one called “It’s No Ferry Tale” about the reestablishment of the much needed ferry route from Port Hardy to Bella Coola. This very important water route provides travellers with access to not only spectacular scenery, but an alternate route for…
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This holiday is packed with blue skies, shimmering waters, ocean breezes and coastlines storied in history and culture…… What country is said to have more masterpieces per square mile than any other country in the world? — Italy What country invited the neck tie and the world’s first torpedo? — Croatia The capital city of…
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