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Kayaking with the manatees in Crystal River, Florida. (Handout photo)
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In an effort to be a better tourist, I chose not to swim with manatees, but to kayak with them instead

February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 Mark Stachiew

For years, one of the items on my travel bucket list was to swim with manatees in Florida, but the more I researched the topic,

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Blue Jays spring-training home of Dunedin, Florida ready to welcome Canadian visitors again

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 Mark Stachiew

If you’re a Toronto Blue Jays fan, you won’t be able to see them play any home games until the COVID situation in Ontario improves,

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Florida’s Kennedy Space Center is open and ready to inspire the next generation of astronauts

February 16, 2021April 24, 2021 Mark Stachiew

Depending on your age, a visit to Kennedy Space Center in Florida can either ignite new dreams of being an astronaut or revive old ones

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Mark Stachiew has been exploring the world and writing about it for more than 30 years. His travel stories have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and online publications in Canada, the United States and beyond.

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    Words to live by. Words to live by.
    Birdwatching from the balcony at the cottage where Birdwatching from the balcony at the cottage where we spotted a bunch of blue jays feasting on ants in a stump, a mommy mallard and her six ducklings dozing on our beach and (for the first time ever), a pair of double-crested cormorants fishing on the lake.
    A break between storm clouds led to some beautiful A break between storm clouds led to some beautiful light on the lake during this last long weekend of summer.
    With so many cloudy nights and wildfire smoke, Aug With so many cloudy nights and wildfire smoke, August didn’t start out very well for astrophotography, but things improved in the middle of the month. Here are some of the things I tracked with my smart telescopes the past four weeks in light-polluted suburban skies. 🔭 🌖💫#astrophotography #keeplookingup #seestar #dwarflab #stars #galaxy #nebula #astronomy #astrophoto
    I do enjoy a nice mural. This one from Montreal’ I do enjoy a nice mural. This one from Montreal’s St-Henri borough caught my eye.
    Drive-by landscape in Mirabel, Quebec. Drive-by landscape in Mirabel, Quebec.
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