Between Halifax and Indian Cove, you will find the small villages of Prospect and Terence Bay.  When you are driving the two lane highway, you see small and large homes lining the highway. Continue reading Prospect and Terence Bay →

You never know how a day will turn out.  We found the regatta by accident.  When we returned that afternoon to see the finish, we walked by and went into an art gallery attached to a big, sprawling estate overlooking St. Margaret’s Bay. Continue reading Drop Anchor →

From Halifax to Chester, we donned our Daniel Boone racoon hats and explored the hidden asphalt and gravel drives that would suddenly appear, no wider than a car width, intersecting Highway 333. Continue reading Secret Bays and Coves of Nova Scotia →

Sailing clubs travel the coastline of Nova Scotia holding regattas.  We accidentally happened upon the last day of competition in St. Margaret’s Bay.  The competitors are as young as 9. Continue reading The Regatta at St. Margaret’s Bay →

Lunenburg was designated a United Nations Educations, Scientific and Cultural Organization  (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in 1995. Continue reading Lunenburg →

The Chester 2017 summer theatre festival was in full swing.  We chose the matinee performance of “The 39 Steps”; a melodrama adapted from the 1915 novel by  John Buchan and the 1935  film by Alfred Hitchcock. Continue reading Chester and the Summer Theatre Festival →

If you are hunting down local lobster dinners, you have to go to the Shore Club.  Prince Phillip and Princess Di did.  It is the hub of social life in its neck of the woods. Continue reading Shore Club Lobster Dinners →

The maritime provinces are where you find seafood so fresh, pulled from the sea and on your table quicker than you can say “lobster”. We have made it a point to try ’em all.  Now that we got our proper instruction on “how to eat a lobster” at the Social Club, we are ready to dive in at Halls Harbour. Continue reading Halls Harbour Lobster Pound →

The hot new thing (really an old thing back for an encore) is HARD apple cider.  We went to Wolfville, a university town, to try some. Continue reading Wolfville and Grand Pre →