I imagine few people have visited the Adams Dam on Adams Creek, a tributary of Bonanza Creek. Maybe some people don’t even know it exists. I didn’t. Jeff has known…
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Mid-October drive around the goldfields
We went for a drive all around the gold fields today (Bonanza, Sulphur, Eureka, Dominion, and Hunker roads) knowing that the snow is coming tomorrow and that’ll likely mark the…
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Monday’s treasure hunt
On Sunday Jeff went on his solo caribou mission, but when he came home he was quick to tell me not to read anything into what he was going to…
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Caribou scouting trip
Jeff heard of a series of back roads and trails that could get him up to a highland area, higher than the treeline, where he could hunt woodland caribou. Despite it…
Read MoreSome photos from our evening walks
Just wanted to share a few photos I’ve taken lately from our evening walks.
Read MoreFriday afternoon
What do you do when the forecast shows a rainy weekend? You shuffle your work around and take off exploring on the sunny Friday afternoon before, that’s what!
Read MoreBoxing Day drive
Yesterday I was getting antsy to do something, so we headed out for an afternoon drive. It was a chilly day at the Canso Causeway. The waves weren’t too high,…
Read MoreSaturday adventures with the girls
I drove to Truro early yesterday morning to meet up with my friend Chrissy and her partner Alison. Jeff said there was no way he was going to spend a…
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Thanksgiving backroad tour
We took a backroad tour today, with not much in mind than maybe the pumpkin cream cheese muffins from the Guysborough bakery. First we started on the backroads behind our…
Read MoreToday we revisited the ice road!
On March 16th, 2009, Jeff took me on a back road drive that was utterly terrifying. I remember the road had about 6 inches of ice on it, and it…
Read MoreIce Jam!!
Today on our adventure we went to check out the road that we heard was washed out a couple weeks ago because of an ice jam. We took the road…
Read MoreJeff’s new muzzleloader
Yesterday we took a drive to an area where Jeff could legally try out his new muzzleloader. I guess the idea is to shoot it a couple times and play…
Read MoreLiscombe Fish Ladder
Yesterday Jeff and I finally made it to the Liscombe Fish Ladder! We tried once before, but it is at the end of a really overgrown bush road (about 3.6…
Read MoreLow Tide on the Bay of Fundy
Early Saturday morning on the Bay of Fundy: Joggins photos coming up next (but not tonight!)
Read MoreIf only you could smell this
Is there a better smell in the world than a freshly cut softwood tree? mmmmm Imagine piles of them! We took some back roads this morning and came across a…
Read MoreI do declare… spring is coming!
We took a drive today northwards around Cape George. It was a lovely day, cold wind, but gorgeous sunshine. We tried to get to the Cape George lighthouse, but the…
Read MoreJeff took us on a scary ice road
Saturday’s drive took us on some backroads to Guysborough – one of them being a terrifying (for me) drive on an ice road (6 inches thick?) in the middle of…
Read MoreI love the long forgotten towns of Nova Scotia
We discovered a few new historical areas on our drive yesterday – old towns where nothing is left but the road sign, giving some sort of remembrance to all the…
Read MoreMissed the snow again!
Nova Scotia is in the news again for its 2nd snow storm in a week, but rest assured that we are safe and sound 😀 We got 4 inches or…
Read MoreOther weekend catchups
We went to the auction sale on Saturday morning at a 180 year old farm house near here. There were soooo many blackflies out that we checked out the items…
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