Tue 10-Sep-2019 New Brunswick, Travel |
We managed two nice hikes in Fundy NP today. For the first we drove to the East Branch trailhead in the north-west corner of the park. This trail is basically a level trail through a forest of beech, birch,...
Mon 9-Sep-2019 New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Travel |
After spending Sunday letting the power and tree people do their magic, we left our Walmart space. Our plan had been to drive to Porter’s Lake provincial park to the east of Halifax and then on to Kejimkujik...
Sun 8-Sep-2019 Nova Scotia, Travel |
We weathered the storm well, perhaps surprisingly. When we had to leave the provincial park we chose this area since it was away from the shore (any shore), at higher elevation, and on the opposite side of...
Sat 7-Sep-2019 Nova Scotia, Travel |
Hurricane Dorian finally reached Nova Scotia about noon today but not yet to the north side of the island. All of the provincial parks and national parks have been closed in Nova Scotia. We are in the New...
Fri 6-Sep-2019 Nova Scotia, Travel |
We left our site at Battery PP as they were closing at noon in anticipation of the hurricane’s arrival. David has decided we should head to New Glasgow which was on the other side of the expected landfall and...
Thu 5-Sep-2019 Nova Scotia, Travel |
Hurricane Dorian is making some changes to our plans. This morning we headed south and west from Cape Breton Highlands NP. The plan was to find a sheltered spot to wait out the storm if it were to...
Wed 4-Sep-2019 Nova Scotia, Travel |
After a gray morning with rain threatening we headed up the Cabot Trail to the Jack Pine Trail. The trail is a loop trail with two possible returns. We started out through a forest of spruce and jack pine...
Tue 3-Sep-2019 Nova Scotia, Travel |
A rainy day coincided with our need to tackle the laundry, so we did that in addition to reading and processing pictures. Now that the holiday weekend is over, the campground is quite empty — probably just...
Mon 2-Sep-2019 Nova Scotia, Travel |
We started our day with a walk from our campsite to the Broad Cove Beach. It’s just a half-mile walk through the forest. The beach is where the Warren Brook reaches the...
Sun 1-Sep-2019 Nova Scotia, Travel |
The Warren Lake Trail head is a 1.25 mile walk from the Broad Cove CG or a short drive. We had to move from one site to another anyway, so we drove. The dirt road into the lake passes the road to Mary Ann...
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