2024 in Review

2024 was a good year! I led lots of hikes… Went to lots of festivals… Listened to lots of Live bands, mostly blues and Jazz, both indoors and outdoors, and sometimes danced… Went cycling quite a bit… Went swimming at … Continue reading

Exploring Prince Edward Island

I Left my Airbnb by 7:00 a.m. this morning and drove 45 minutes to the 2.7 mile Greenwich Dunes Trail. About a third of the trail was a floating boardwalk. I didn’t encounter another soul on the trail, except for … Continue reading

Driving the Cabot Trail and hiking the Skyline Trail in Cape Breton National Park

This morning my Airbnb host had breakfast prepared at 6:30 a.m. so that I could depart early for a 186 mile drive on the Cabot Trail, a very scenic loop highway on the island of Cape Breton. It took me … Continue reading

Crossing the Bay of Fundy via ferry from Saint John, New Brunswick to Nova Scotia

This morning I arrived at the ferry terminal in St. John, New Brunswick at 6:45 a.m., and 15 minutes later, they began boarding for the trip across the Bay of Fundy. We departed at 8:00 a.m. and the crossing took … Continue reading

Crossing the St. Lawrence River via ferry from Quebec to New Brunswick and then driving to Saint John, New Brunswick

I left my Airbnb in Saguenay, Quebec at 5:00 a.m. this morning and drove a little over 2 hours to a ferry that takes you across the St. Lawrence River to New Brunswick. I had to arrive 90 minutes before … Continue reading

Old Quebec, Montmorency Falls, and Île d’Orléans

I left my Airbnb at 7:00 a.m. this morning and drove less than 15 minutes to Old Quebec. I had a pre-planned walking route, which I didn’t really follow.  Since it’s Saturday there weren’t many people out yet. I explored … Continue reading

Cycling along the Parc Lineaire Le P’tit Train du Nord, Mont Tremblant, Quebec

My feet decided last night that they wanted a break from hiking, so today I rented an e-bike and cycled along the Parc Linéaire Le P’tit Train du Nord.  It’s a 124 mile multi use recreational rail trail that runs between Saint-Jérôme and … Continue reading

Medicine & Maligne Lakes and the drive back to Canmore on the Icefields Parkway, Canada

This morning, I drove an hour to Maligne Lake. I arrived at 7:00 a.m. and saw some elk and a fox on the way. I stopped at Medicine Lake to take a photo. I only saw a couple of people … Continue reading

Path of the Glacier trail, and Patricia & Pyramid lakes, Jasper, Canada

Before heading to my Airbnb in Jasper for the evening, I drove a long, narrow, and winding road up Mount Edith Cavell to hike the 1 mi round trip Path of the Glacier. I wasn’t expecting it to be so … Continue reading