Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Playing in Your Own Backyard a.k.a Stay-cations

Most of the people we know plan one or more vacations a year to places near and far, but we seldom find ourselves wandering far from home.  Yes I am a work-a-holic, but I LOVE what I do so it seldom feels like a chore!  When we moved to the Peterborough region a few years back we had planned to explore the area via day-trips. There was no shortage of events or locations to explore there!  Peterborough and the Kawarthas could have easily entertained us for YEARS with all that it provided.

Our recent move to the Fergus-Elora area has me researching a whole new backyard now and I am quite pleased!   You know those items you might have on your "bucket list" where you say ... one day I'd like to do that.  Well it appears that the Fergus-Elora area is a great location if you want to address that list!

Just this week I found out that you can rappel and zip-line in the Elora Gorge.  I still want to go to Costa Rica and do this in the rainforest, but it would be great to introduce myself to it locally as well.   Fly-fishing, white water tubing, Organic food workshops, and now zip-lines. Yes, I'm grinning - like a Cheshire Cat! 

Just this past weekend we took part in the Elora Culinary Walking Tour.  It was a great introduction to the Elora downtown and restaurants.  It runs EVERY Saturday, all year long and I keep seeing that its booked up, so if you want to join in, make sure you call early to get your group on the registration list.  We had some very tasty samples and we were told the selections change - so you can come back and experience different menu samples!  http://eloraculinarywalkingtour.com/