Spent 48 hours exploring the carriage roads in Acadia National Park.
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McNabs Island
Mid-August 2022, we took advantage of a gorgeous day to go to McNabs Island, which is right at the entrance of Halifax Harbour. We took a ferry and landed by the beach, then explored part of the island before going for a quick dip. The ferry Although McNabs Island is only 5 km away fromContinue reading “McNabs Island”
Kejimkujik National Park
A long weekend exploring one of Nova Scotia’s gems, complete with canoeing and hiking, great weather and torrential downpours!
Mount Washington Snowshoeing
Some tips for enjoying the snowshoe trails at Mount Washington. Particularly useful if you don’t own a car like us!
Upper Myra Falls
Justine planned to hang out at Lower Myra Falls for most of the day to rest her tired body, but Adrien wanted to “do something” (a role reversal for us). There weren’t many “easy” hikes in the area, but the Upper Myra Falls was marked as moderate so we thought we would give it aContinue reading “Upper Myra Falls”
Lower Myra Falls
The Lower Myra Falls are stunning — no wonder we’ve seen lots of pictures of them on instagram. They are a short ~1km walk from the parking lot, but it is a pretty steep trail. We hung out here for a couple hours, eating lunch, people watching, enjoying views of Buttle Lake and brainstorming forContinue reading “Lower Myra Falls”
Bedwell Lake Trail
A day hike into Bedwell Lake was the only thing we had planned for the weekend. We knew the 600 m elevation gain was ambitious for us, but we gave ourselves lots of time and went slowly (average pace was 28 minutes per kilometer). Justine’s weak knee gave her some trouble on the sections withContinue reading “Bedwell Lake Trail”
Buttle Lake, Strathcona Provincial Park
A three-night car camping trip in mid-August 2020.