Single Older Woman – Life’s Passion: Origin of Canada’s Ten Best Beaches

It occurred to me, in re-reading all of my posts, that I neglected to explain about the List of the Ten Best Beaches In Canada.

Circa 2014 – after having swam consistently for the last few years, I was looking for ways to expand on this passion for swimming. As well, I wanted to explore more of my beautiful country by train.

While perusing the Internet, I came across an article from Readers Digest entitled “The Ten Best Beaches in Canada” – I was intrigued that someone out there, actually researched this and wrote an article and had it published in Reader’s Digest. To that person – Thank you! I was inspired and thrilled to build a dream and goal around swimming “thru” Canada and travelling thru Canada.

These are the beaches from that list – in no particular order:

In Ontario– Wasaga Beach (Collingwood), Sauble Beach (Owen Sound), Singing Sands ( Tobermory and in Prince Edward Cty), Manitoba – Grand Beach, Alberta – Devonshire, Saskatchewan – Lake Manitou (Watrous), British Columbia – Long Beach, PEI – Singing Sands at Basin Head, New Brunswick – Parlee Beach.

As I’ve been going to Wasaga Beach, since I was a teen – I could count that beach/water as done. The next question – how to plan my vacations around the other 9 locations?

Can I also get there by train/plane? I figured the other locations in Ontario could be done as day trips with a BFF in tow- easily done over the course of a few summertime weekends – ie,  Tobermory, Owen Sound and Prince Edward County.

So I set about finding photos of these various beaches and constructed my own Goal Poster – on construction paper the colour of cool clear blue water… For added motivation, I also added in photos of those International Beaches that I’d like to get to – Curacao, Aruba, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, Bonaire and Menorca (Majorca), Spain.

So here we are – it’s September 2018 and my BFF and I just returned from New Brunswick and PEI – I’ve done two more. I’ve been lax in my blogging since earlier this year and with renewed motivation and encouragement, will get back on track.

May the recounting of my journey inspire you to discover your passion and live your ideal life. It’s never too late to set a goal and achieve it.

Thank you for letting me share. Joye