by Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel Groundwood Books House of Anansi Press
To our two boys
Heading out on the road When you hear the word vacation what do you think of Beaches and warm water nice hotels with swimming pools Giant waterslides and amusement parks and miniature golf Maybe even Disneyland Me too But not my parents They’re pretty strange that way They want to have new adventures in some out-of-the-way place So every vacation my little brother and I have to go with them to some wild faraway destination where no one else ever goes The farther it is the more remote it is the better my parents like it That’s called off the beaten track No tourist traps and no line-ups No wonder Nobody wants to go there Half the time I end up having to save them or my
