Features of Convenience

Bro and I have been talking about some of the new features we are adding this year to our EH Tourism websites. It is going to be so wicked. So far Bro has designed some convenience features. These are features more appreciated by the online…

Remembering the Alaska Highway

We like to think website creation is like art. You take some pictures and some research text and put it all together, mix it up bit, and create a web page which is very visual and interactive. Building a tourism and adventure website is like…
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February Chills and Gulf Island Thrills

February already! How time flies when you are having fun! February gives us a warm and fuzzy feeling  all over.  The traveling road show is fast approaching as we continue our journey across Canada researching for our www.CanadaEH.net website. Statistics…

EH Walk About

Sometimes it is just a good idea to go outside and start walking. No real destination in mind just walk.  That was the spur of the minute plan today for  Bro and I.  The sun was out and the sky was blue. It was a break in the weather that…

Highway of Screams

Living and growing up on Vancouver Island I am very accustomed to a certain type of sound when looking out my front window. While growing up at home there would be the sound of cars driving by the house. Some would putter along, some would…

Canadian Tourism Year End Review

The reports are starting to roll in on Canadian Tourism. The awards are being handed to the industry elite. It is that time of year. A time to celebrate another year of tourism. I am still trying to figure out what they are celebrating about? I…

Ring in the New Year

Another year waits ahead.  It is a year of big dreams and lofty goals. Some of us have made resolutions while others are going to wing it. We for one,  here at the FROG POND,  have a plan.. it is a simple plan yet to the point. It is a plan…

Happy New Year

Happy New Year from FROG Internet and the EH Tourism Travel Network.  Bro and I wish you all a very happy and healthy 2010. 2009 was a great year for Bro and I. It started out in Peachland, British Columbia and ended up in a cabin on Lake…

TOP 100 Canada Blog

BlogRank.com published their TOP 100 Canadian Blogs for 2009.   The CanadaEH.net  Blog ranked #21 on the Top 100 Blogs in Canada. Wahoooo!! It is nice to toot your own horn once in awhile. Thank you to BlogRank.com for having good taste and…

“A Place of Wonder” Haida Gwaii Name Change

There is a big push in some tourism circles to have some of our British Columbia geography renamed. They suggest to have some of our BC geography reflect the First Nation people and history. It is an effort to have British Columbia better remember…

Canada Approved Travel Destination of China?

It looks like Canada is about to become an approved travel destination for China.  I am sure all of you in tourism have heard the news. I am sure many of you are excited.  I am a wait and see guy. But one thing I do know is that the government…

Sweet Looking Tourism Website I’d Say

What a beautiful day (main picture)!  The snow has settled and the lake is freezing over. Everything has a layer of white like cream icing on a cake.  I am counting the days until our front yard ( Lake Nipissing ) is frozen over and we can…

First Snow

Yesterday we had our first real snow.  All morning, all day and all night the snow fell.  Sometimes the snowflakes floated down to the ground.  Sometimes the snowflakes came at you sideways because of the big winds. We worked.  We got…

Put Your Advertising Dollars Where It Counts

Talking,  reading  and listening to the  tourism industry every day you get to learn the  ins and outs, positives and negatives of how tourism thinks in each province and territory in Canada.  Since a new year is around the corner many…

Tourism Website Common Sense

I cannot count how many times I have heard people in the tourism industry state, " I get allot of my online business from my website."  But your website is no where to be found on the Internet unless I type in the business name.   Then I…
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December Snow

The seasons change and so does the playing field. The ground at Camp EH is now covered in white snow. Not sure how long it is going to stick around this time. But it sure looks pretty outside the our front door (main picture). After the snow…

Casualties of Tourism

The Aerie Resort in the Cowichan Valley/Victoria region on Vancouver Island is closing its doors. Tough economic times and escalating costs are the reasons quoted. We believe the lack of expanding marketing efforts, too high  pricing, not adjusting…

Speaker or Salesman of Tourism

I have set myself up on the internet to receive RSS Feeds for news sources when a tourism article is printed online, worldwide.  I received an Okanagan tourism article today and this one article made me shake my head in disbelief. How blind,…
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EH Tourism Delimma- A Time To ReTHINK

OK.. so it has been awhile. I have slacked off a bit. I had tug-a-war with a cold and work sometimes consumes you because you enjoy it so much. Recently we have been powering down on the Vancouver Island tourism websites. Giving them a face…
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Seasons

The rains are here in Cottage Country Ontario. A rainbow appears after the rains leading to a pot of gold on the other side of the lake.  And across the lake is a forest of yellows, reds and purples - Nature's Pot of Gold. The trees reflection…
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Comox Valley

Autumn has arrived. Leaves turning colors. The winds are blowing. Snow fell for the first time last night. It will be soon now when our lake will become a winter wonderland. Life at the base camp in Ontario. Still plugging away on the computer…