Hiking Newfoundland’s Trout River Pond, Tablelands, and Partridgeberry Hill

Three days beyond Christmas, rain and mist spill onto northern Nova Scotia, transforming snow into sodden slush. Dusk comes early beneath leaden clouds, the antithesis of the long summer evenings Vili...

Rocky Mountain Hiking/Backpacking: Guest Post

Hi, I’m not Magi. I’m her son, Dainis. This is a “guest post” about a trip I took out to the Jasper area of the Rocky Mountains (near the Alberta-British Columbia border). Having recently fini...

Canoeing Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia

Summer heat pours onto Nova Scotia, its scorching breath today aided and abetted by a gusting wind sucking moisture from the land. While my vegetable garden, nourished with periodic drinks from the ho...

Canadian Badlands

Our Nova Scotian winter teeter-totters between cold clarity dusted with snow and balmy bouts of rain. After days of brisk dawns with the outdoor thermometer reading in the mid to high teens below free...