Travels, Trips & Tails

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 ...

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

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

A weekend around Saint John, NB On Friday afternoon, after a two and a half hour car ride from Riverview, we get to the Kingsbrae Gardens in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. The weather is nice and the premises not too crowded; the few cars in the parking lot are from Vermont, Maine, Quebec and New Brunswick. We have a bite to eat before going in, and we ...

Destination Florida: Ultimate Road Trip There’s nothing like a three week road trip to change your outlook and when we drove to Florida for an escape from the winter in Canada we had the time of our lives! The best thing about driving instead of flying is you get a chance to see the changing scenery and as we drove South on I-95, passing through ...

A weekend in Prince-Edward-Island on the Central Coast One of the greatest things about living in the Moncton, New Brunswick area is that we can go for a weekend trip in PEI, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick. With family on vacation in PEI we decided that it was time to return to the island we barely visited and meet up with G and C who were camping at ...

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Outdoor Breakfast Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Outdoor Breakfast : It is on that morning that we saw some nice British tourist. One woman told us they had seen a woodpecker. We were so happy for her! We have a resident woodpecker at home. He or she grabs a sunflower seed from the feeder and brings it to a near ...

3 nights and 2 days in the New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula Ever since moving to New Brunswick, we consider ourselves full time tourists. We are so fortunate to see the tidal bore along the Riverfront Park many times a week in Riverview, Moncton and Dieppe. This is such a beautiful province in which we still have so much to see and do. This time we peeked into the Acadian Peninsula which ...

Nova Scotia – Kejimkujik Seaside Trail – Algae & Rocks Nova Scotia – Kejimkujik Seaside Trail – Algae & Rocks : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Big Hill Retreat Such A Treat! While we visited Cape-Breton Island, Nova Scotia for the first time, we stayed at Big Hill Retreat and had such a lovely time. Here is the review we posted on Trip Advisor. We stayed 4 nights at Big Hill Retreat in the “Log Cabin” from September 11 to September 15 2011. Big Hill Retreat is a pet friendly accommodation. We had ...

Christmas on Cape Breton Island These days it seems the stores start playing Christmas music right after Halloween and in Canada as the days get longer in November and December we all start to feel the cabin fever that results from being buried under snow and ice with wind chills that constantly remind us that the only place worth on Earth would be on the ...

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Dami at the Cascades Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Dami at the Cascades : On an early cool September morning, Dami is enjoying his coffee at the cascades More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Pizza at the Prague Zoo My Friday the 13th started with meeting my Czech friend at the gates of the zoo at 9:30 am. We are not able to spend as much time as we wanted to because she has last minute jobs and emergencies at her veterinary clinic. We started our visit of the zoo counterclockwise and 90 minutes went by very quickly and it ...

Nova Scotia – Annapolis Historic Garden – Green Window Nova Scotia – Annapolis Historic Garden – Green Window : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Waiting for the Erosion Waiting for the Erosion : Mama D took a seat in the big red chair on the Cabot Trail to enjoy the view and wait for the erosion. Tick tock tick tock….no erosion yet…tick tock tick tock…still nothing! Not sure about this whole erosion business!! More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Banff Gonfola to Sulphur Mountain We arranged to arrive early at the Gondola, taking the transit bus from the hotel. For $5 each we both bought a day pass right on the bus. The gondola trip to the mountain is short but the views are breathtaking. We didn’t quite know what to expect and we were pleasantly surprised with the long boardwalk up the observatory ...

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Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Morning Fog 3 Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Morning Fog 3 : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Nova Scotia – Upper Clements Wildlife Park – Bear Statue Nova Scotia – Upper Clements Wildlife Park – Bear Statue : It was just, the bear statue, the animals and us! More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery