Scott and Becky go East

Scott and Becky’s grand adventure – around the world without airplanes.

Category: Living in Nova Scotia

  • Standing Up

    I have a knot in my stomach. I’m scared. I feel like an impostor. Will the water be too cold? Can I get back on the board in deep water? These thoughts are running through my mind as I prepare to leave. 

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    Selfie of Rebecca with the van and an orange stand up paddleboard in the background

  • A short getaway

    Getting a campsite on weekends in this part of Nova Scotia during tourist season is almost impossible unless you’ve booked in advance, so we opt for boondocking. We decided to check out the coast southeast of Shelburne, closer to Yarmouth, somewhere we’d never really explored.

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  • Where did the water go?

    Sitting at an old wooden table on second floor of a cottage with the window open listening to the birds and overlooking the Minas Basin. There is over a mile of ocean bottom naked and exposed to the sun, brown-red mud with cracks, lines that meander towards the ocean. It is low tide, and the…

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    The Minas Basin at low tide. You can see the ocean floor of red-brown mud running into the horizon. You cannot see the where the ocean water begins.