This week our family got to take a tour of the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg, Manitoba. My husband had visited the mint with his family when he was a child, and I had visited the mint with a class of students about a decade ago, so we both knew that we wanted to go…
family travel in Manitoba
A family trip to Hecla Island in Winter
Recently my family stayed at the Lakeview Hecla resort. My husband Trevor spent many summers at Hecla Provincial Park during the summer months. He tells me many stories of him taking in rounds of golf with his dad and exploring the picturesque village of Hecla Island. Although he has visited the island numerous times, it was…
Lakeview Hecla Resort, an affordable family destination
On our way home from our family vacation I had the radio on. I heard that it is the 2nd coldest winter in Manitoba history. One would think that with our brutally cold winter a family vacation would involve a plane and a warm sunny destination. Although cold, we had a sunny destination, we did not…
