Family vacation under one roof

What makes for a great family vacation? How about whooshing down slides at a giant water park, riding roller coasters at a theme park, attending a sea lion show at an aquarium, riding bumper boats, playing glow- in-the-dark miniature golf, ice skating, tasty restau- rants, a variety of shopping options and a fun hotel where […]

Destination of the Week: West Edmonton Mall – The Largest Mall in North America

Join the Travel Brigade Radio Show as we visit the West Edmonton Mall. We’ll hop on the roller coasters at Galaxyland,  plunge on the 360-degree-looping Cyclone waterslide at World Waterpark, skate on the ice rink, watch the Sea Lion show and touch sting-rays in the Sea Cavern exhibit. We’ll fall asleep at Fantasyland Hotel, located right in the […]

Diversity makes for fun travel surprises in Edmonton

We were reminded of just how much diversity can add to a destination while in Edmonton, Canada this week. We attended the Edmonton Heritage Festival, which is somewhat like Salt Lake’s Living Traditions Festival.  Any group from any nation that has ended up settling in Edmonton puts together their own pavilion with information about their […]

Everybody’s Welcome at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival

We’ve been at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival in Edmonton, Canada this weekend. It’s easy to see why some musicians call it the world’s best folk fest, and why Edmonton is known as “Canada’s Festival City” with an entire weekend’s worth of acts performing on a stage below a grass covered hill offering views of […]

Destination of the Week: Edmonton – Canada’s Festival City

The Travel Brigade Radio Show is off to Edmonton, “Canada’s Festival City,” for summer fun at the Folk Festival and Heritage Festival to give you a taste of festivals can be found here all year long. Learn about top family fun activities at Fort Edmonton Park, Jurassic Forest, Prairie Gardens and West Edmonton Mall. We’ll […]