by Andrew Hempstead | May 12, 2010 | British Columbia, Canadian Rockies, Guidebooks
My 2009 research trips kept me close to home, with solo and family trips throughout the Canadian Rockies, across the southern Alberta prairies, through the Kootenays/Okanagan Valley and to Vancouver Island. My city time was spent in Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton,...
by Andrew Hempstead | Apr 29, 2009 | Atlantic Canada, Guidebooks
With two young children at home, rather than one extended trip to Atlantic Canada, I broke my research into two trips in 2008, and managed to cover all cities and major travel destinations through the region. The 5th edition of Moon Atlantic Canada and the 2nd edition...
by Andrew Hempstead | Apr 7, 2008 | British Columbia, Guidebooks, New editions
Our second child was born in late 2007, so travel was somewhat limited through the summer, but we did all make an extended trip to Vancouver and Vancouver Island, travelling from north to south and out to the west coast, where we all enjoyed a three-night stay at the...
by Andrew Hempstead | Feb 28, 2007 | Canadian Rockies
By 2000, my last name as a domain had been registered (and to this day never used), so I started looking for a short, memorable domain for my personal website. I went to the local Whyte archives and poured over historic maps, looking for unusual place names that...
