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2023 Goals: An Exciting Year of Green

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2022 Goals Review: A Wild and Surprising Year Indeed

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Car Camping: Before #VanLife, I Lived in a Yaris

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2022 Goals: Cautious Optimism

TMc's 2021 Goals Review

Connecting the Dots

2021 Goals Review: Embracing the Journey of Being My Own Venture Capitalist

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Make Tracks 5KM Challenge – Exploring Kitchener’s Neighbourhoods and Community Centres

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2021 Goals: Focused, Flexible, and Fun

A 2020 Goals Review with Travel with TMc

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“I Didn’t See That Coming” A 2020 Goals Review

2020 Mid-Year Goals Review

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2020 Mid-Year Goals Review

2020 Goals, Here We Go!

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2020 Goals for a New Decade

Travel with TMc Working Website Around the World

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2019 Year in Review

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Heya! I’m Tara (Tar-ah)! Welcome to Travel with TMc where you’ll find quirky language tidbits, travel hacks for Canadians, and stories from the road. I hope you enjoy!
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Writing and wordplay have always been joyful and t

Writing and wordplay have always been joyful and therapeutic activities for me. The process is quite literally a game of which turn of phrase fits best or how to layer multiple meanings. Writing connects the dots of people, place, and time and sometimes the more winding and convoluted the route, the more enjoyment there is in the process. Simplicity has its place too, as does the need to release energy from mind to hand to paper or key.

One of my favourite places to write is in coffee shops and cafés, the mom and pop ones with the friendly baristas and the quirky details. That they’ve become my office at home and on the road is beyond cool! They’re the perfect spot to meet friendly locals and travellers, to immerse oneself in culture and cuisine, and to feel the buzz of other humans coming and going, humming and tapping, laughing and sipping, studying and people watching. Contented smile. Easy exhale. Energetic inhale. Tappity-tap.

Thank you to @junelorraineroberts @a.van.degroot and @shelaghsanti for the tea time, the café buzz, and the tappity-tap this week. ❤️🥰 Your support of the blog means a whole heckuva lot!!!

Cafés to Put On Your Visit List:
* @smiletigercoffee (Kitchener🇨🇦)
* @durandcoffee (Hamilton🇨🇦)
* @bakergramery (Wellington🇳🇿)
* @ygkoffeehouse (Kingston🇨🇦)
* @lostaviatorcoffee (Guelph🇨🇦)
* @bewleysireland (Dublin🇮🇪)
* @scottcoffeeco (Sault Ste. Marie🇨🇦)
* @theprincesscafe (Waterloo🇨🇦)
* @steamlinersespressobar (St. Thomas🇨🇦)
* @arthousecafe613 (Ottawa🇨🇦)
* @cafepyrus (Kitchener🇨🇦)
* @thecakecafedublin (Dublin🇮🇪)
* @themorningdublin (Dublin🇮🇪)
* @sevenshorescafe (Waterloo🇨🇦)

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The Toddfather🥃 @standingroomguelph doesn’t

The Toddfather🥃

@standingroomguelph doesn’t just serve cocktails, they perform them. It may be Canada’s Smallest Bar, but everything else is larger than life.

After reserving your spot through @opentable , prepare for a full-sensory experience the moment you glide through the red velvet curtains. The sound system is impeccable, the mood perfect, and the drinks are on a whole other level.

If you don’t know where to start, order the signature, the Toddfather, a twist on the godfather in honour of the co-owner’s father. Or leave it up to the bartender if you can handle the suspense.

📍 60 Ontario Street, Guelph, Ontario
🕰️ Monday to Saturday, 4pm to midnight

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*SAVE & SHARE: CANADA’S SMALLEST BAR* What’s

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!🎉 Curious to learn how t

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!🎉

Curious to learn how to afford travel? I’ve been travel hacking as a Canadian for the past decade and I want you to enjoy all of these perks too!🌎

I’ve always believed that travel doesn’t have to be expensive and elusive like we’re led to think. There are a million different ways to travel and all sorts of tools to help you to save money in the process.

🗓️DATE: Sunday, January 29th
🕚TIME: 10:30am - 12pm
📍WHERE: @midnightruncafe in Waterloo, Ontario
🪙COST: $50 + HST
🎫INCLUDES: Ticket, Paper & Digital Worksheets, Freebies, Draw Prizes from @strollwalkingtours and @vapur water bottles
✨BONUS✨: Receive $50 off the Pay Yourself to Travel online course
✅HOW TO REGISTER: E-Transfer $56.50 to connect@travelwithtmc.com

I can’t wait to see you there!
Yours in travel,
-Tara

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Don’t wait. Set a goal. Make a plan. Take baby s

Don’t wait. Set a goal. Make a plan. Take baby steps to get there if you have to. You deserve that feeling.

Welcome to 2023!

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I, like you I’m sure, travel for all sorts of re

I, like you I’m sure, travel for all sorts of reasons. Unknowingly, 2022 became the year of Travelling to Reconnect.

While I have greatly missed bumbling my way through a different language, or surprising my senses with unfamiliar aromas and sounds, what I have craved most these past few years was connecting with other people…and so it seems that is what I sought out in the many places I was fortunate to visit in 2022.

The widest grins and bursting chest feeling I’ve missed so much returned last year from being able to bear hug friends, family, and strangers alike (who’re really just future friends). It came from sharing warm campfire nights, dancing our hearts out at outdoor concerts, enjoying leisurely winter walks and shade-chasing afternoon chats, finally attending long-awaited conferences, chatting with plane seatmates, soaking up family time, relishing courtside reunions, integrating into the van community, returning to my second home, and so many more special moments.

2022 was a “bucket filler”, as they say in elementary schools these days. I am so very grateful for it and for all of you in my life. 🥰

Looking back on your year, I’m curious if you found a theme for yourself.

#travelwithtmc #traveltoconnect #connectthedots #connectionmatters #kindpeoplearemykindapeople #travelgram #travelblogger #traveldeeper #traveldiaries #travelmoments #yearinreview #yearinreview2022 #2022 #2022recap

Community. It’s a word whose meaning has morphed

Community. It’s a word whose meaning has morphed quite a bit with the proliferation of social media in our lives, though its importance has only been magnified with the mountainous changes that occurred around the world over the last 3 years.

Whether it was luck or fate or synchronicity, the stars aligned quite a bit for me this year to become a part of a new, very welcoming and warm community. From the friendly people I met through this platform who helped me research and vet vans (@chrisandnicole__ and @katiesteckly ), to all of the diverse and adventurous people I met at the @vanlifecommunitycanada meet up only 4 days after I got the keys and at @elliotttreefarm (@yourinnervitality @suzanne.the.camper.van @brittmack Kage & Ellie, @puengken @scottandsaratuck @ryan_bell @1derlust_mama @veevanvoom @vanbeewild @mortens_on_the_move @lalylun1 @van_na_white_ ), to the neighbourhood skoolie who answered a random knock on their door (@travelprofessional1 ), to the years-long Instagram chats that became timely in-person coffee hangouts (@thebrownvanlife ) and serendipitous cross-country fridge exchanges (@mariepier.bastien ), to summer weekends spent exploring @harvesthosts locations and festivals around Canada (@a.van.degroot @pam.silverstein @celiaaufit @ericsveganvan @carolepitre @snapshotsweapons @thevanlifechronicles ), to international parking lot neighbours (@neuland.stories ), surprising reveals (@hrp2hrt ), co-builders (@katieanddaninavan ) and Irish-Canadian connections (@stephsitts), the list goes on and on.

This has been the best part of #vanlife so far.

Vanlifers are tight knit, come from a variety of life experiences, and are quick to support one another. It’s amazing to witness these elements of the human experience unfold and even more wonderful to partake in moments of kinship.

The vanlife neighbourhood may be boundary-less, but it feels close and present. I can’t wait to meet more courageous and vivacious souls along this winding journey and to welcome others into the fold.

#travelwithtmc #vanlifecanada #community #vanlifediaries #vanlifejournal #vanlifeadventures #vanlifestyle #vanlifer #vanlifemovement #vanlifemoments #vanlifers

First things first, @katieanddaninavan are absolut

First things first, @katieanddaninavan are absolute rockstar humans. From their ideas and construction knowledge thanks to their own van build, to their positivity and patience, to their hands-on help (wayyyy more than is shown in this reel), I am lucky to count them as friends and grateful for their help.

Second, HOLY MOLY I HAVE A COZY BENCH AND SOON-TO-BE STORAGE AREA AND MY FRIDGE IS INSTALLED!!!!!! This is a project I’ve had in mind since buying the van in April…and 8 months later it’s nearly done! The priming and painting will have to wait for warmer weather, and I haven’t figured out anything to do with the cushions or decor yet, but I’m already crossing this one off the list. YEAH, BABY!🚐👷🏻‍♀️✅

New skills learned today:

• How to use an orbital sander
• How to make pilot holes without breaking the bit
• How to frame a fridge
• How to change the angle on a miter saw
• How to use the rip fence on a table saw

BOOM! Do I ever feel like a badass today - not to mention how much fun it was hanging out and working together with those two!

What a day. And to think I wanted to stay warm at home. I would have missed out on so much awesome energy. Good thing I didn’t give in and hibernate!

#travelwithtmc #vanlife #vanlifecanada #vanlifeontario #vanlifediaries #vanlifedreams #vanlifeproject #vanlifecommunity #vanlifeadventures #vanlifemagazine #vanlifeculture #vanlifejournal #vanlifers #projectvanlife #vanlifemoments #solofemaletraveler #solofemalevanlife #solofemalevanlifer #travelblogger #canadiantravelblogger #curiouscampervans #vanfridge

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