Stepping off the edge

Owlmother's adventures

Picking up where I left off… kinda

I started a blog called Stepping off the Edge when I left my comfortable middle class and middle age life in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and headed to Adelaide, Australia to return to school in 2012.

For 8 years I blogged about events in my life…family weddings, birth of grandkids, travel. I no longer own the email address associated with that blog so couldn’t continue, hence starting over in this space.

So I picked up where I left off with our trip in fall 2024 to Europe and will continue with India and the Maldives .

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  • The North Island

    Today we drove to Campbell River, the northern most city on the island. When I was here for the first time in 2004 with my Mum I commented that it reminded me of northern Alberta. The trees aren’t as tall. Yet, when I checked it’s the same latitude as Lethbridge, Alberta! We started the day Read more

  • Ferrying off the Island

    We will take 4 ferries this trip. Usually I make a reservation but on two of the sailings they were sold out and on one of them it was first come first served. So I had some anxiety worrying we wouldn’t make either ferry to get to our destination. Fortunately we got to both terminals Read more