Halloween in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotian's take Halloween pretty seriously. You see people wandering the streets in various ghoulish garb, in fact I was at motor registries yesterday and one of the employees had got so dressed up she was unable to shout the next persons number without lifting her witches mask. Awesome.

Forbsy and the Beast

Forbsy makes the blog with a magnificent salmon from Vancouver Island. Onya Forbsy

A virtual drive down the Icefields Parkway

Click on MVI_0957.avi to view

Icefields Parkway

A photo essay

Fall colours in New Brunswick

Have found a computer with usb connectivity and have uploaded some photos for your viewing pleasure.

Here - Sunset at Fundy National Park, New Brunswick

Here and Here - The Flowerpots, New Brunswick

Here - Fishing Village, Newfoundland

Here - Viking Sod Hut, Newfoundland

Here - Walking in the Tablelands, Newfoundland

Here and Here - Arty swamp photos Newfoundland

Here - Lower Bow Brown Trout

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Solving the problem of never being able to find the remote

Sorry about the lack of updates but we are in the middle of our road trip and it has been tough to find any computers that allow us to upload photos.
Anyhow here(click on robot.avi) is a link to a rather cumbersome remote control they have developed in Montreal which will actually load movies for you as well as all the usual play/pause/ffwd/rwd functions.
Here is a link to more info, available of course in English or Francais.

remote control Montreal DVD robot losing the remote control CineRobotheque

Lake Superior

The waves were going off on Lake Superior when we stopped at Old Woman Bay in Ontario yesterday. It's hard to believe it's fresh water. The lake is absolutely massive and took us about eight hours to drive down its eastern side to the end. But it's great to feel like you're on a coastline again - even though we weren't!

Ontario Old Woman Bay Lake Superior surf Canada Road Trip

Roadtrip

From the mountains to the prairies and beyond we have come so far on our 5000km road trip across Canada. We left Banff and hit the wide open spaces of the prairies where tumbleweeds and hay bales are the only signs of life. We have seen dinosaur bones in the badlands and moose that feel free to roam across our campground.We have now hit the vast expanse of land that is called Ontario and are making our way to Montreal. Stay tuned for more soon.

Prairies dinosaur provincial park moose banff road trip car tent

Lake O'Hara

Spent the weekend camping at the most naturally perfect place I have ever seen called Lake O'Hara. Access into the area is restricted to protect the fragile vegetation and abundant wildlife but we were lucky enough to get a camp spot on a cancellation. On the first day we went for a hike to the glacier-fed Lake Oesa. The trail wound past waterfalls, mountain goats and golden larches. After a good night's sleep in the faithful Fairydown we spent the second day hiking out to the equally beautiful but more rugged Lake McArthur. Stay tuned for more of B's National Geographic style ramblings on the wildlife we spotted.

Tags: Lake O'Hara, Lake Oesa, Lake McArthur.