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Top Sights in Prince Edward Island (PEI)

October 21, 2023 Leave a Comment

What do you think of when you hear Prince Edward Island, or PEI? PEI mussels? Or, when you are in a literary state of mind, the home of Cavendish, the town that served as the model for the fictional town of Avonlea in Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel, “Anne of Green Gables”. Those who are most […]

Filed Under: Adventures, Art, Beaches & Coasts, Charlottetown, Cities, Destinations, Dining, Hiking, Museums, National Parks, Nature & Hiking, Prince Edward Island, Restaurants, Sightseeing Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, Always on Stage, Ardgowan National Historic Site, Confederation Center for the Arts, Prince Edward Island National Park, Province House National Historic Site, St. Dunstan's Basilica, Victorian Row

The Natural Splendor of Cape Breton Island

October 11, 2023 Leave a Comment

Cape Breton is the island at the northern tip of Canada’s Nova Scotia Province. The island, and especially the portion of the Cabot Trail that encircles the highlands near the northern tip of the island (primarily the section of the trail that is in Cape Breton National Park) was our primary motivation for visiting Nova […]

Filed Under: Baddeck, Beaches & Coasts, Canada, Cape Breton, Cheticamp, Dingwall, Hiking, Ingonish, Mountains, National Parks, Nature & Hiking, Nova Scotia, Sightseeing Tagged With: Acadian Trail, ActiveTravelExperiences, Asprey Fault, Bog Trail, Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Green Cove, Lone Shieling Trail, Macintosh Brook Trail, North Highlands Community Museum, Skyline Trail

Experiencing Bay of Fundy Tides

October 4, 2023 Leave a Comment

The Bay of Fundy is a large bay located on the Atlantic coast between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It is known for large tidal shifts. These shifts are some of the largest and most dramatic in the world. They average 47.5 feet from low to high tide and have set […]

Filed Under: Adventures, Beaches & Coasts, Maitland, Nature & Hiking, Nova Scotia, Sightseeing Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, Annapolis Valley, Bay of Fundy, Burntcoat Head, Minas Bsin, tidal bore, tides

Exploring Annapolis Valley Towns and Wines

October 4, 2023 Leave a Comment

Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley is a 93-mile-long Canadian valley. It runs along the Minas Basin, an estuary that is separated from the body of the Bay of Fundy by the mountainous Cape Blomidon.  Its geology and microclimate makes it Nova Scotia’s most productive agricultural regions. It is especially suited to growing fruit from the 17th […]

Filed Under: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis Valley, Beaches & Coasts, Cities, Destinations, Digby, Dining, Hiking, Museums, Nature & Hiking, Nova Scotia, Port-Royal, Restaurants, Sightseeing, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, ActiveWineExperiences, Annapolis Basin, Fort Anne, Fort Anne National Historic Site, Grand Pre National Historic Site, Grand Pre Wines, Jost Vineyards, Lightfoot & Wolfville Vineyards, Luckett Vineyards, Port-Royal National Historic Site, Restaurant Compose, Restaurant Compse, The Crow’s Nest, Tidal Variation

Exploring Mendocino

October 9, 2023 Leave a Comment

Mendocino on the northern California Pacific coast is a beautiful small historic town that attracts nature lovers of all kind. Actually, Mendocino isn’t a town at all—but an unincorporated slice of Mendocino County. But for convenience, we will continue to refer to it as a “town”. Ford House Visitors Center The Ford House Museum and […]

Filed Under: Adventures, Beaches & Coasts, California, Destinations, Featured-City, Mendocino, North America, Travel, United States Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, Ford House Visitors Center, Kelly House Museum, Kwan Dai, Masonic Temple

Mendocino California Hikes and Parks

October 9, 2023 Leave a Comment

Mendocino is a small unincorporated area on the northern California Pacific coast. Mendocino is known for its natural beauty, including redwood forests, glass-bottom beaches, and the only oceanfront botanical gardens in the USA. The community is a few hours north of San Francisco and is a favorite place for us to visit While it is neither […]

Filed Under: Activities, Beaches & Coasts, California, Destinations, Featured-City, Fort Bragg, Hiking, Mendocino, Nature & Hiking, North America, Travel, United States Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, Cabrillo Lighthouse, Jug Handle State Park, Jug Handle State Reserve, MacKerricher State Park, Navarro River Redwoods State Park, Russian Gulch State Park, sea glass, Van Damme State Park

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