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...

Newfoundland’s Southwest Corner: Channel-Port-aux Basques to Trout River

Last Friday, I met with Donna Morrissey, Canadian author of a quartet of novels set in Newfoundland, where she grew up and lived for many years, although she now resides in Halifax. We discussed a pie...

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...