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Exploring the Coastline with East Coast Outfitters
Kayaking is one of my favorite things to do, and I do as much as I can-mostly lakes and rivers. My opportunity to experience kayaking in the Atlantic came with a trip to East Coast Outfitters in Lower Prospect. It was my opportunity because I grabbed a deal off Groupon. Was it worth it? Most assuredly so. East Coast Outfitters staff were helpful and our guide was knowledgeable-we learned so much about the area’s history and geography. All guides are certified by Paddle Canada and trained in Wilderness First Aid. We received a short course of instruction in the fine art of sea kayaking-a good thing because I was NOT …
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10 Flower Gardens You Should Visit This Summer
Note: I would visit the Rhododendrons as soon as possible at the Kentville Research Station I scoff at the suggestion of having any kind of a green thumb-really I do. But for some strange reason, I feel compelled over the last several years to dig, plant and even-horrors! weed a bit of a flower garden. Why is this so shocking, you ask? I grew up on a farm.Need I really say anymore? But I will say more. My mother worked outside the home. My father was crippled with extreme arthritis .We gardened to sell produce and survive-long before farmer’s markets and U Picks were a staple in Nova Scotia. You…
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Annie, Get Your Gun. Ladies Day @ Annapolis Valley Shooting Sports Club
Every year, the Annapolis Valley Shooting Sports Club hosts a Ladies Day sometime during the spring. Checking it out has been on my to-do list for a year or two and this year, it fit in my schedule. Not sure what I expected, but it was pretty basic. Buy tickets at 1.00 each,and go give whatever deadly weapon you fancy a shot. Pun intended. The club informally began in 1958 to meet the needs of skeet and trap enthusiasts and quickly grew to over 40 members. Housing developments near the club’s Kentville location forced them to move to the current location in White Rock-a 225 acre property with 5 active sections…
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Part 3 26 Nova Scotia Day Trips Q-Z
Well, that title lies. I could get z..I tried. I went through phone books, maps, online resources and atlas to find a place that I have visited or could visited that started with Z so I could offer you a choice of Nova Scotia day trips from A to Z.Nope. And in the spirit of transparency-I couldn’t find X either. However, I WILL give you 26 day trips. And I will gather all this info into a little e-book – print it off and use it to plan your summer. Here we go. Q. Queensland Beach. I am beginning to sense a theme-water, water everywhere. This is nice little beach…
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Part 2- 26 Nova Scotia Day Trips I to P
Here we go with part 2 of this three part series of Nova Scotia day trips . An alphabet soup of exploration, if you will. Sometimes, it’s hard to pick between several places with the same first letter, and sometimes, it’s hard to dig up one at all (just wait until I get to ‘z’ next week.) I always try to refer to places I’ve actually been so I can give honest information. For now, have a look and make some notes for your upcoming days off this summer. Happy Planning! I.Ingonish Beach We visited this small beach when touring the Cabot Trail last Sept, a sandy beach about…
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Part 1-A List of A-Z Day Trips in Nova Scotia
It’s officially spring here. Somebody, please, tell Mother Nature. Before you know it, it will be fall,and summer will be gone. And you’ll be wondering how it happened to sneak away without you enjoying one speck of it. No Nova Scotia day trips. No fun. Let me help. I’ve made a list of some of my favorite spots in alphabetical order to help you plan ahead for your days off to be posted in a 3 part series. This week, you get A to H. Enjoy. A– Advocate Harbour- I love Advocate Harbour.The scenery is stunning and Advocate Boats Tours and NovaShores Adventures tours is definitely on my bucket list.…
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Stuck in the Fundy Mud
I’m here relaxing and recuperating from my TKR surgery (total knee replacement) and looking forward to the day I get out and about in anything other than a cane shuffling, slow walking manner.I’m wondering what the summer may bring, which,if all goes well may be participating for the second time in the Not Since Moses Mud Run held yearly in Five Islands For some it may be a competitive 5 or 10k run.But for most, myself included, it’s an entertaining, dirty and labor intensive schlepp through stick deep goop. Not just any mud but the thick ankle sucking red mud of the Bay of Fundy. I first participated in 2015,…
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20 Things to Do When You’re Snowed In
It’s February. And although we have had quite a mixed bag of weather in Nova Scotia, FOR SURE there is still stormy weather coming our way at some point. We may even be snowed in. Here’s a list of 20 activities to keep yourself from going stir crazy, and quite a few you can do with no power as well. Take an online course. There are tons of free or low cost courses in every imaginable topic. Do a jigsaw puzzle or a craft such as a seasonal wreath Write your birthday and special day cards for the WHOLE year. And then address them,maybe even stamp them.You’ll thank me later.…
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Up,Up and Away! Hot Air Balloon Ride with East Coast Balloon Adventures
Since we have been recently talking about Bucket Lists, I thought I’d tell you about fulfilling one of hubby’s bucket list dreams for his 65th birthday, several years ago. Thanks to East Coast Balloon Adventures, we celebrated high above the valley where the scenery was just exquisite. Contacting the company several weeks in advance to purchase our rides, I chose a date a bit prior to hubby’s birthday. They only go out on weekends, so date choices were limited. At last, the evening rolled around (they do sunrise and sunset rides) we met the crew at the Big Stop in New Minas to assess the weather.Although it was a beautiful…
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My Bucket List for 2018
I love Bucket Lists. I’ve had an informal one since forever and I am no spring chicken. Even better than having a Bucket List is checking things off of it-although I am even faster at adding things, I think. So far, I’ve been lucky enough to: Take drum lessons Go for a polar bear dip on January 1st Go zip-lining See icebergs in Newfoundland Complete a Sprint Triathlon But I have a whole bunch of stuff left- and, as I said adding more all the time. Currently #1 is a train trip across the Rockies. That’s not likely to happen this year but I do have some Bucket List ideas…
