Shopping with the little ones…
Just or shopping with the little guys. These cats really do make it much more enjoyable for them.
Another Cape Breton Motorcyle Trip
Just like in the past: 2006-10-21:Cabot Trail (1190km) 2007-09-01:Cabot Trail (1300km) 2010-08-06:Cabot Trail (1200km) 2011-07-22: Cabot Trail (1412 km) I’m getting ready to head out on another annual motorcycle trip around the Cabot Trail. This year I’m traveling lighter than before, taking my smaller Givi hard bags. In some trips in the past we have […]
Weekend Visit to the Valley
Just a quick photo posting of last weekends trip to the Valley.
A Nova Scotian Dairy Farm Visit
Yesterday we spent a lovely day touring a Nova Scotian dairy farm. We were given a tour of the various barns, buildings and processing rooms. We also helped out in the afternoon milking of the cows and got to see some of the calves on the farm as well as other animals. Gabriel loved it […]
Shubenacadie Wildlife Park
We had a lovely day today with two other families, the Cornick’s and the Alpert’s, at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park. The park was pretty busy and the animals were active and visible in most of the displays. As usual it is a great place to take the kids and let them stretch their legs while […]
Easter Weekend
Just a few photos from the Easter weekend in the valley. I think this was the first holiday/event that Gabriel was really clued in for. Throughout the weekend we would have him find an egg or a chocolate. He was really enjoying himself.
Sugar Moon Maple Syrup Farm and Pancake House
Today seven of us headed out to the Sugar Moon Maple Syrup Farm and Pancake house. The farm has 2500 taps on about 35 acres, and lots of people who want to eat pancakes. Something that I had never seen before, but makes a lot of sense, the farm collects sap with a “gravity-fed pipeline […]
The Mountains Overlooking Hermosa
Shawn told me of a local mountain road that had great views of the area, he had jogged up the mountain as part of his training. I initially took the scooter up the hill and at a later point, when I had a car, took a group of people up the hill. The road traverses […]
Twice as tall as Niagra Falls – Catarta Del Toro Waterfall
When I (Hetty) lived in Japan, I used to plan weekend excursions to see more of the country. In a country where the signs are posted in Japanese (obviously) I often ended up somewhere far from where I planned to go so my mantra became “If you can’t get to where you’re going, go to […]
Tortuguero Island: A Voyeuristic Adventure
Ward and I (Hetty) have just returned from an excursion to Tortuguero which is situated on the Northern part of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The interior and coastal region of Costa Rica is very lush and agricultural. We drove through miles and miles of banana plantations and pineapple fields – all destined for […]
Every Man for Himself (Carara National Park)
We recently went and spent the morning at one of Costa Rica’s most popular national parks – Carara National Park. We pilled in the car with Joe on the scooter behind us and made our way to Costa Rica’s northernmost region of Pacific rainforest.
Arenal Hanging Bridges
As part of our 3 day trip to Arenal, six of us (two couples and two 4 month old babies) travelled to see the Arenal volcano. The volcano has not been active since 2010, but it is still a sight to see and there are lots of other local attractions. One such attraction is the […]
Arenal Sky Tram and Sky Trek
Brittany Oliver and I (Joe) went on a three day trip to Arenal with another couple that was also staying here at the Hermosa Bungalows. They have a daughter that is just one day older than Oliver so going on a three day trip made for the same baby-mindset and also gave us an opportunity […]
Tortuga Island Costa Rica
On Tuesday & Wednesday of this past week, we took turns venturing to Tortuga Island on a Calypso Cruise. The day started off with a 6:50a.m. pick-up at out bungalow and a drive to Puntarenas a port town an hour and half north of Jaco. Puntarenas (Pointsands, from “punta arenas”, or “sand point” in Spanish) […]
A Montezuma Adventure
Ward and I have just returned from a little adventure. We decided that it was time to explore another part of Costa Rica so we rented a car and set off for the Nicoya Peninsula. We chose this as our destination because we had heard about a small town named Montezuma and were curious to […]