Disastors in Halifax -The Titanic and the Explosion of 1917

It was hard to leave the Lunenburg area, so we eked out one more night at an RV park right in Lunenburg itself.  You’d never know we were in the town, (and close to the filming of Moby Dick)  given the view and the visiting deer. But after five nights, it was time to move on [...]

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Lunenburg and Moby Dick

To say Lunenburg is a colorful little port is an understatement.  It’s a candy store for the eye.  Oh, please don’t let me say William Hurt is too…oops!  Yes, they’re filming Moby Dick here (with William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Donald Sutherland and Gillian Anderson), but that’s not why we came. We had no idea they [...]

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The Ovens and a surprise guest at the campfire

I could rhapsodize about Ovens Natural Park for pages, but am way behind on blogging – so will sum it up quickly and share a campfire story. Being off-season, we had the place to ourselves, with unlimited ocean views and crashing surf. There are sea caves to explore. And great hiking, along rocky shoreline overlooking [...]

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Evangeline and Grand Pre National Historic Site, Nova Scotia

The opening lines of Longfellow’s poem, “Evangeline”, have thilled me ever since I was a little girl.  I can’t take credit for any literary precociousness – “Forest Primeval” was the name of the northern Wisconsin resort where my family rented a cabin for several weeks each summer when I was growing up.  The entry sign [...]

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