Category: Visited Places
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Gaff Point hiking trail
Read more: Gaff Point hiking trailWe had an uncommonly warm day on Thursday – warm for October anyways – it was 20 degrees outside (70ish for my American friends). We decided that since it was warmer, it was time for us to finally venture out to the ocean. We have been so busy working around the house that we haven’t…
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Fun fungi
Read more: Fun fungiOne of the things I’ve been fascinated by since moving to Nova Scotia is the variety of different mushrooms that grow here. On today’s hike at Gaff Point, I chose to take some photos of the different fungi on the edges of the trail. I have no idea what the types of fungi are, so…
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It takes a village to move Scott and Becky to Nova Scotia
Read more: It takes a village to move Scott and Becky to Nova ScotiaNot really, but having a village has made the process of moving a whole lot easier and has added a lot of joy to our lives. We talked about moving to Nova Scotia for years. When we moved to California, we decided that when we moved back to Canada, it would be to Nova Scotia.…
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It’s my life!
Read more: It’s my life!It was someone’s birthday – really that was just an excuse. It seems that this particular crew always finds an excuse for a party on Wednesday nights at sea. We were in the middle of the Atlantic, on a container ship, with not much else to do. We, as well as everyone else on board,…
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An Outrageous Weekend
Read more: An Outrageous WeekendWe had an Outrageous weekend – that is, we spent two days and one night enjoying Big Rideau Lake on our friends boat, Outrageous. It is a 32 foot Carver cabin cruiser – as they so aptly but it a “floating cottage”. Life aboard is pretty relaxing – with a routine of swim, eat, chat,…
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MS Charity Bike Ride
Read more: MS Charity Bike RideThis year, we have decided to do the Ottawa Multiple Sclerosis Charity bike ride. The version we are doing is an overnight ride (80 km each way) from Ottawa to Kempville. We’ve done a couple of different short one-day ride events, but this will be our first overnight charity ride. We’ll be sure to let…
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Home Sweet Home
Read more: Home Sweet HomeWe took our time riding the familiar roads that brought us home. Distances felt odd to us – things are much closer than we expected and yet the ride felt slow and took longer than we had thought it would. We stopped in Kanata for lunch at the Phu Yen – a Vietnamese restaurant that…
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The Power-full Ottawa Valley
Read more: The Power-full Ottawa ValleyThe weather changed dramatically during our last night in the tent. It started off with thunder storms and the warm humidity of summer. By morning, the humidity had dropped but so had the air temperature. It was cloudy and cold and remained so all day, with the high temperature of only 12 degrees. We were…