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 ...

Kejimkujik National Park – Meadow Beach in Winter – Dami Kejimkujik National Park – Meadow Beach in Winter – Dami : It was so cool to get to Meadow Beach where we once dipped our toes and find a glimpse of the sandy beach. Thumbs up to this beautiful place. We laid a tarp and sat down to eat our lunch and take some sun in. More pictures from Nova Scotia ...

Trip Sister! On The Road! TripSister.com is the website of DD and DAMI; partners and friends who both love to travel! We decided to start this website to help document our camping trips, vacations and holidays. We find that the more we travel the more pictures we have and the more pages of diaries we fill. Each trip we take, whether it is a ...

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 ...

Kejimikujik Seaside Kejimikujik Seaside : This picture is in the Kejimikujik National Park South Annex, about 100 km south of the main inland portion, between Boyds Cove and Saint Joli Head. You come to this rocky shoreline once you've hiked on the boardwalk trail over what looks like a muskeg bed. It is so beautiful!! Here is DD looking out towards the sea, the ...

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Dami on The Boardwalk Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Dami on The Boardwalk : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Pancake Mushroom Tree Pancake Mushroom Tree : While I was hiking in Mount Orford Park in Quebec I saw this incredible spiral staircase of mushrooms that looked like pancakes! Amazing…perfect for a little frog or chipmunk to climb the spiral staircase…or shroom-case!! More pictures across Canada in our Canadian Places Photo Gallery

Nova Scotia – Upper Clements Wildlife Park – White Owl Nova Scotia – Upper Clements Wildlife Park – White Owl : This white owl seems to be very smart. I could tell by the way he was looking at us. And he seemed very gentle and soft. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

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 – Mersey River Chalets – Orange Dami Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalets – Orange Dami : Dami with his rubber boots and hot seats ready to do a short canoe trip on the West Branch. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

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

Burlington Vermont – Hitting The Road Leaving home is like a dream. There has been months of preparation and anticipation for the vacation and when the morning finally comes and it’s time to leave we’re literally vibrating with excitement. We kept wondering if we had forgotten anything…but as long as we have our passports and credit cards we should be fine!! The Holiday Inn in Burlington Vermont ...

Three Nights in St. John’s, Newfoundland Before taking this trip I didn’t know much about Newfoundland. As a kid I laughed at the famous Newfie jokes and I thought they were some kind of imaginary little people. It turns out Newfoundlanders need a pretty good sense of humor with all the crappy weather they get. The weather on our trip was really bad but could have ...

My Last Day in Prague My last day in Prague was a strange day. It was cold, grey and raining. I walked mostly along the Vltava but got lost for about an hour in the narrow streets of the old town where I bought a souvenir in a little charming gallery called Art Master Gallery, at 6 Liliova Street. The lady working there was so ...

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Dami, Vibe & Chalet #4 Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Dami, Vibe & Chalet #4 : Our Salsa vibe matches the color of the chalet; it is meant to be in this driveway! We are coming back! Sooner the better. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Victoria, British Columbia: The trip of a lifetime! Mama D and DD just returned from an 8 day trip to Victoria, British Columbia and it was one of the best vacations we’ve ever had. We packed a lot in those 8 nights and 7 full days of sightseeing. We hope this itinerary will inspire you to plan your own trip to Victoria, British Columbia, one of the best ...

That Dutchman’s Farm It is unfortunate that That Dutchman’s Farm is not featured in the Nova Scotia guide book because it is a rare find, at least it’s what we thought. We found out about it at the Nova Scotia Visitor Information Center at the New Brunswick Border. It is located at 132 Brown Rd in Economy, Nova Scotia. On the premises you ...

Picnic in the Nova Scotia Snow Picnic in the Nova Scotia Snow : At our Christmas Vacation in the cabin on Cape Breton Island we went for a picnic walk in the woods and stopped to enjoy some hot soup! So romantic! More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

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