Departure Bahías de Huatulco International Airport My flights from Halifax to Huatulco had been upgraded to Business Class. I couldn’t believe my luck, that again, I’d been upgraded to Business Class for my flights from Huatulco to Halifax! This would make my long stretch of travel ahead much more comfortable!!! Next stop, Mexico City! Mexico…
Tag: Nova Scotia
Martock Ski Hill – Learning to Snowboard – Lesson I
Arriving – 9:30am – It is ALREADY Packed! Slide Heel Down – Straight My instructor Shannon, after a very beginning intro on maneuvering on a flat surface on a snow board…. brought me to the bunny hill! My first lesson here was putting my weight on my heels and sliding straight down. Getting Up From…
Let It Snow! My First Nova Scotian Snow in Four Years!
After four years of living in the desert climate of Qatar, I’m now back in Nova Scotia and just experienced my first snowfall of the season! It was “Big Snow – Little Snow” – meaning big snow flakes that don’t last long. My drive home from work as the rain starts to turn to snow…..
Blue Beach, Hantsport, Nova Scotia
Blue Beach was a first for me, but a well known walk for my friend Liz who lives in Windsor. Blue Beach has a tidal range of 16 meters and is known as a significant fossil location. Everything about this beach is Nova Scotia – gorgeous landscape, water edging the landscape, and some fossils along…
An Evening of Music in Upper Vaughn, Nova Scotia
This was the last Monday of the month, evening music jam at the South West Hants Fire Station in Upper Vaughn. Upper Vaughn is up on a low mountain, within farming country here in Nova Scotia! The crowd was totally country, in lifestyle and in music! Michael is a rocker, a BC boy with different…
Autumn Colors of Nova Scotia
Autumn is beautiful in Nova Scotia, as the leaves on deciduous trees turn bright colors with the changing season. I wanted to share some of this province’s beauty with a few pictures I’ve taken over the past few weeks! Autumn is also time of the harvest and apples trees are ready for picking! These are apple…
Ettinger Falls – Three Mile Plains, Nova Scotia
Unclear Directions – nswaterfalls.blogspot.com Our first attempt to locate Ettinger Falls was an adventure, because the directions on nswaterfalls.blogspot.com was not accurate/clear enough for us. Out interpretation of the directions had us walking up what appeared to be a logging service road. We turned around and went for lunch at The Spitfire Arms British Pub…
Canadian Repatriation Adventure – Quebec, Through New Brunswick to Nova Scotia – We Made It!
June 16th we flew from Qatar to Canada – landing at the Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to begin our repatriation adventure! July 5th we crossed the provincial borders of Quebec, through New Brunswick to Nova Scotia! On The Road Again! Quebec to New Brunswick New Brunswick to Nova Scotia We were home….. S,…