Journal Entries

These two women, plus one other and myself, are planning to do a 5-day section hike on the Appalachian Trail in 2019. The friendships made with other women hikers (close to the same vintage as me) are such gifts!

This "shiny stuff" isn't water!

Indian Path Commons hike - my latest local favourite only 10 minute drive from home. Today's frozen beauty helped me appreciate this week's early cold snap!

Great hike yesterday, Nov 18th. Blue Rocks Commons close to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The air was crisp, and the late afternoon lighting was spectacular.

Weekend hike on Atlantic shoreline - perfect happy place!

On the weekend a friend and I seized a good-weather window to hike Green Bay to Broad Cove on Nova Scotia's south shoreline. Enjoying the lee side (sheltered side), we were gifted clear skies, silvery sharp-edged beach grasses, and the occasional splash of brilliant red. And the bonus was being able to navigate waterways by stepping on rocks rather than wading. I never tire of the ocean, its tides and shifting shorelines.

It was a gift this week to seize a nice-weather day for a couple hours' hike with a friend. Revisited Castle Rock, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean/Chester Basin - much more colourful than my earlier trek here in May!

October 13th: an Atlantic Ocean, Nova Scotia hike from Green Bay beach to Broad Cove and back. 11K of laughter and fun conversation; navigating around and through water, unfortunately without photos to document! I will hike with these family-hikers @toesalad @hammerhead @mypictograph @celine @brienne @reneetougas pretty much every opportunity I have :)

Canadian Thanksgiving Sunday hike - a gentleman and his dog in the mist on Hirtle beach, Nova Scotia.

Hiking Hirtle Beach-Gaff Point is a regular must-do on the list when @reneetougas and family come to visit. A misty day but not enough to keep us home or need to wear raincoats.