Summer A walk in the park: Cape Breton Highlands National Park 3 Aug 201412 Aug 2014 Part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. CAPE BRETON, N.S. — It had been about 90 minutes, a third of that in the rain. Trevor…
Summer Things that slink and swing in the night 1 Aug 20144 Aug 2014 MARGAREE HARBOUR, N.S. — It was the dark side of twilight when I spotted it, a ways down the beach. The silhouette had a hump almost like a raccoon, only…
Summer Nothing against Australians, but … 30 Jul 20144 Aug 2014 TIDNISH, N.S. — On seeing the road sign, he exclaimed: “Hidden driveway!” I rolled my eyes and pointed at a gravel drive. “That's probably it.” “No!” Trevor insisted. “That one's…
Summer A little off the grid in Nova Scotia 29 Jul 20143 Aug 2014 TIDNISH, N.S. — I was parked beside one of the outbuildings—the one marked “Meat Shop.” It was a warm, beautiful day, so I had all the windows rolled down to…
Summer Conservative tales and a liberal tour 28 Jul 20141 Aug 2014 AMHERST, N.S. — “Oh, you're on Toryville Lane!” Brian said with delight. “You know why it's called that?” Of course Brian would know. This man knows a lot about the…
Summer That time we didn’t run out of gas 27 Jul 20141 Aug 2014 TIDNISH, N.S. — Well that drive wasn't any fun at all. We left late, because Trevor, as president of his Venturer company, had to stick around for one last meeting…