https://calderescapes.com The Calder's Global Travels Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:59:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://calderescapes.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-ce-site-icon-32x32.png https://calderescapes.com 32 32 https://calderescapes.com/posts/family-visits-reno-bc/ Sat, 30 May 2026 23:06:53 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=83696 May 30th, 2026 After a pleasant nearly 8 hour drive, we made it the 730 km / 454 mi to Reno today. Doug had booked us a week in a suite at the Plaza Resort with a king bed, some kitchen facilities, a couch, dining table and huge bathroom. It’s an older, dated building with […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/spring-at-home/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:09:28 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=83561 April 17th, 2026 We got home safe and sound with all our bags from our “escape” to Taiwan & the Philippines around 11am. Despite our flights not being red eyes per se, we really did not get a “night time” (but rather gained almost an entire day) so Fran decided to go to bed and […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/and-2026-begins/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:24:53 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=81224 January 8th to March 19th , 2026 It’s been quite a while since our last update, and we have plenty to share! January started with a bit of a “cold bite” here in Vegas—nighttime temps were hovering near freezing—but as soon as the sun hit, we were back into the double digits Celsius. We did […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/life-in-henderson-leading-to-christmas/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:32:38 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=80838 The photo above is of a lawn in Joshua’s neighbourhood – only in Canada would someone add a Canada Goose to their lawn decorations!  January 7th, 2026 Happy New Year! Yes, it’s been a little while since we’ve blogged. After a week of cooler weather here in Henderson in mid-November with a few days of […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/and-we-move-in/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:14:21 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=80619 October 18th, 2025 It was Saturday morning and after exercise and a cuppa, we began the drive north to Reno. We lost the sunshine about an hour north of Vegas and it never really fully returned that day. We had decided making it all the way to Reno in one day (724 km / 450 […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/were-looking-for-a-new-home-base-henderson-nv/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:52:42 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=80599 October 13th, 2025 So here in Vegas, we spent Monday through Thursday mornings this week viewing apartments in the city of Henderson (south east of the Vegas airport), checking out amenities, investigating the neighbourhood around properties. We are looking for 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, hot tub/pool, gym, parking for the trailer, a decent size balcony […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/off-to-nevada/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:01:26 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=80586 October 9th, 2025 GAS: in Arizona ranged from $3.15 up; in UT $3.25 and NV $3.53 We left our camp spot passing Mexican Hat: (which we could actually see from our campsite in the distance last night) and crossed the state line back into Arizona (we left Arizona last September 12th) passing by Monument Valley. […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/we-return-to-the-us/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:33:19 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=79555 August 25th, 2025 GAS: $3.27 a gallon in WA; $3.54; in OR $3.32 9 (cheapest); in NV $3.23 (cheapest) After crossing the border where we only got asked ONE question, we drove on to Bellingham and filled up the gas tank at the Bellingham Costco before heading into Seattle on the I-5 shortly after 9AM. […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/onward-to-the-canadian-border/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:54:22 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=79101 June 30th, 2025 Enjoy a short read for a change! 😉 We have done the drive from Las Vegas, Nevada to Salt Lake City, Utah many times in our lives since we lived in Salt Lake City for four years before retiring and would go to “Vegas” a couple of times a year. The drive […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/a-few-weeks-in-nevada/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 03:52:05 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=78981 June 14th, 2025 The flight from Buffalo via Las Vegas to Reno went smoothly and our bags arrived safe and sound. On Southwest there are no monitors to watch anything, no USB ports and no food served; just soft drinks and the usual free snacks BUT you get two free checked bags. We were quite […]]]>