In 2017 we spent 3 weeks in Nova Scotia driving from Halifax to Peggy’s Cove, to Chester Basin and Wolfville.  This year we are spending 8 weeks driving the entire island.  We learned not to always trust the GPS.  It will take you on a direct route that may include a few rough dirt roads.  To avoid any surprise off roading, we got an old fashion paper map. Continue reading Exploring Nova Scotia →

We knew a monster was coming for us.  Nothing could alter its path, stand up to it or stop its appetite for the land and the sea and the air.  Nothing in its path, including us, was safe or would be the same.  It began near the Bahamas and was closing in our hideaway by the sea.  Terry’s video below shows Dorian chewing and whirling and spinning its way by Lockeport,  downgraded to a category 2 hurricane when it hit Halifax. Continue reading Hurricane in Lockeport →

Vacationing at a cottage by the sea has always been a dream of mine. Tall pine trees filled with singing birds should surround it and the shore needed to be close enough so the waves would lull us to sleep each night.  Continue reading Chester Basin →

Labor Day marks the end of lazy summer days.  The video below is a visual love letter from two cottages that were our home during our stay in Nova Scotia…..enjoy!