by Tony Davis | Oct 13, 2018 | Canada, Hiking, Sightseeing
Our first hike in Nova Scotia was in the really interesting Mabou Highlands. The Cape Mabou Highlands hiking trails climb along and overlook the the Northumberland Strait between Mabou and Inverness. The Highlands have three trail heads and seventeen trails that climb...
by Tony Davis | Oct 9, 2018 | Canada, Hiking, Sightseeing
The Middle Head Trail is a great, shorter hike that follows a long, narrow peninsula separating two ocean bays, ending on headland cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Its well marked with another nice Cape Breton Island trail head marker, and there is plenty of...
by Tony Davis | Oct 8, 2018 | Canada, Hiking, Sightseeing
Skyline Trail is the most popular and iconic of the trails on Cape Breton Island, and doesn’t disappoint. Skyline Trail begins at a well marked trail head with a good map and lots of parking. The trail is a little more than 4 miles round trip, or just over 5 for...
by Tony Davis | Jul 21, 2018 | Canada, Hiking, Sightseeing
The Icefields Parkway is a 140+ mile highway through Banff and Jasper National Parks in Alberta, Canada. It’s amazing combination of more than 100 glaciers, dozens of beautiful blue-green mountain lakes, incredible peaks, and mountain vistas makes it with out a...
by Tony Davis | Jul 16, 2018 | Canada, Hiking, Sightseeing
Hoodoos Trail is a 1.8 mile trail that overlooks the Bow River and Mount Rundle near the Tunnel Mountain Campground in Banff, Alberta, Canada. As the name implies, the trail winds to an overlook of a handful of hoodoos and a beautiful view of the river below....
