Travels, Trips & Tails

My First trip to Cuba at The Pullman Resort in Cayo Coco

I visited Cuba for the first time last month by myself; Let me tell you all about it! When we booked the trip in mid November, it wasn’t a discounted fare but December was a lot cheaper than January or February for an all-inclusive trip. Dami booked the trip for me with Sunwing as he had been to Cuba before with ...

Backyard Haskap Pie

We finally finished the haskap harvest from the 4 haskap plants we planted in the backyard and ended up with about 4 cups of the berries! It’s been about 4 years since we planted them in the backyard beside the compost bin and they have been doing better and better, giving more fruit every year, and this was one of ...

Finding My Biological Father: Money, Science and Determination with a Bit of Luck

On my birth certificate my father’s name is “Unknown”. When I was a child I felt so different from all the other children. I was the only one I knew in school who didn’t know her father and who was raised by a single mother. As I grew up I met more people who were raised by single moms but ...

Hollow Notes

Some shows are better left unseen… In early June, we had bought VIP tickets with front row seats for the Darryl hall and John Oates concert in Montreal, and the fact that we were able to purchase them so close to the Concert day should have been a red flag. On June 18th, I received and email from Ticketmaster saying the ...

Ottawa May 2018

OTTAWA in May is famous for its tulips. Although we missed the Tulip Festival, there were still plenty to admire with a tad less tourists. It was our first visit to Ottawa together, Mama D and I. I took the train to Montreal and we took 2 days to visit with family while staying at The Bonaventure Hotel, one of our favorite ...

Grand Manan Island Ferry

The Ferry from Blacks Harbor, New Brunswick to Grand-Manan Island NB, is an awesome 1.5 hour trip. The views from the upper deck are awesome and chances are high one can see harbor porpoises and seals. We were glad we had our binoculars with us so we were able to spot many there and back. It is cold up on ...

Marriott's Residence Inn Portland, Maine – Leaving

Marriott's Residence Inn Portland, Maine – Leaving : On our way back from Nova Scotia, we took the fastcat ferry from Yarmouth to Portland, Maine. The best choice of hotel was this brand new hotel just outside the ferry dock. It was a very nice hotel. I had booked online choosing AAA rates thinking is was the same as CAA… ...

Nova Scotia – Delaps Cove Trail Map

Nova Scotia – Delaps Cove Trail Map : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Cabot Trail Rock Formation

Cabot Trail Rock Formation : Rising out of the bay like huge stone whales these pillars of rock are awesome to see as you drive the Cabot Trail! More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Backyard Haskap Pie

Nova Scotia – Annapolis – Fort Anne Historic Site Museum

Nova Scotia – Annapolis – Fort Anne Historic Site Museum : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Kauai Adventures & Beyond The Napali Coast

Waking up in the soft beds of the Resort Quest Islander on The Beach was like slipping out of the warm Pacific ocean waves of a starfish dream. I looked over at the Hula-Dancer lamp on the bedside table. After the whirlwind in our heads from our Lanai evening of my extra-ounces of my Kauai Kaboom coconut and rum drinks ...

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalets – Boardwalk in Fall

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalets – Boardwalk in Fall : The colors were beautiful this fall at the Mersey River Chalets nature resort. The water level was higher than normal. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Nova Scotia – Annapolis – Cozy Internet Cafe – Dami

Nova Scotia – Annapolis – Cozy Internet Cafe – Dami : Dami checking out his e-mails on a rainy autumn day in Annapolis, Nova Scotia. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Once Upon A Time in Vancouver : The 2018 Creation Entertainment OUAT Conference

You probably all know the show that started in 2011 but we hadn’t heard of the ABC TV show “Once Upon A Time” until 2017 when we started watching it on Netflix. We were hooked from the beginning and started binge-watching 3 or 4 episodes every day once we started. It was in February 2018 when we were at season ...

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Boardwalk

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Boardwalk : The boardwalk around the chalets is Almost 2 kilometer. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Nova Scotia – Kejimkujik National Park – Meadow Beach

Nova Scotia – Kejimkujik National Park – Meadow Beach : The colored water of Meadow beach is called Mersey tea. It's the vegetation that fall in the water that gives it the tea color. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

A Few of My Favorite Travel Things by DD

These are a few of my favorite things I bring whenever and wherever I travel. I bought this Silk pillow case last year after Auntie J told me the wonders of sleeping on a silk pillow case. I was a little disappointed at first for paying 50$ because the description didn’t say it was 50% cotton but it is on the ...

Mersey River Chalet 2 – Dami and his snowshoes

Mersey River Chalet 2 – Dami and his snowshoes : It was nice to have a trail right at our doorstep. On our first morning we went for a hike around the west branch of the river. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Tomifobia Bike & Nature Trail

We drove down to Stanstead, QC to do the first section of the Tomifobia bike trail today…what the heck is Tomifobia…the fear of Tommy? The Tomifobia Nature Trail (TNT) is a 19-km rail-trail in the Tomifobia River Valley, between Rte. 141 in Ayers’s Cliff, Quebec and Rte. 247 in Beebe (Stanstead), Quebec. Sentiers Massawippi, a non-profit charitable organization, purchased this property ...

Two Rivers Wildlife Park Cape Breton Island

On our January visit to Cape Breton Island we realized that since it was the off season and winter it would be tough to find things to do beyond winter hiking or snowshoeing in Highlands National Park so we took a drive from our cabin near Baddeck and drove to the Two Rivers Wildlife Park south of Sydney, Nova Scotia. The ...

Skyline Trail in Highlands National Park

We’ve been going to Highlands National Park for several years and have hiked many of the trails and stopped at all the lookouts to admire the views but this time we decided to finally do the Skyline Trail which was one of the few treks we hadn’t made in the park. We decided to do the entire trail loop and went ...

Nova Scotia – Upper Clements Wildlife Park – Moose

Nova Scotia – Upper Clements Wildlife Park – Moose : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery