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On the road again

Leandra and Riesling left this morning on their females-only road trip to Chicago. I'm not sure how useful a navigator pup will be but those ears are probably picking up some kind of satellite signals. The picture below tells the story of Saturday night when Leandra...

Marine Trail

We found ourselves with quite a drive to get to our third bed & breakfast after my lobster lunch in Cheticamp, but made time for a walking detour of an island park in Guysborough (left). The Rare Bird Pub restaurant we had planned on for dinner was hosting the...

have I mentioned that I love lobster?

Instead of talking about the complete insanity that was our trip home... stranded by American Airlines for 21 hours in NYC, and delayed flights from NYC and DC this afternoon, I'd like to write about something more, um, appetizing. I would have to be completely out of...

Stuck in NY

Well, we are halfway home. American Airlines canceled our flight from La Guardia to Raleigh, and couldn't get us on another flight until Friday afternoon. Thankfully my parents were able to come out and pick us up. Right now we're having an Italian dinner in Manhattan...

Cabot Trail, part 2

(part 1 is here) Our third day touring Nova Scotia started out like this... However, once we finished our two waterfall hikes of the day, the mist lifted and we were able to see the much advertised views, like this one of the MacKenzie River Valley. After Wreck Cove...

Cabot Trail waterfalls

As many of you who read this website regularly know, we love waterfalls. Springtime in Nova Scotia (while not great for the trail in general) is a wonderful time to see some beautiful falls. The 6km road to Mary Anne Falls was open, so we were able to drive to the...

Cabot Trail, part 1

Our overall opinion of the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton was one of disappointment. When you look at a map, it's very easy to assume that this road hugs the coast. Not so. Most of the time, the view of the coast is completely obstructed, leaving us with only trees to...

Sunrise Trail

Our hosts at the Sea Kindly B&B in Merigomish were a wealth of knowledge about the area and gave us what turned out to be two great suggestions to start our drive up to Cape Breton. They knew of a waterfall near them that was on private property and while the...

Our Itinerary

2024 Trips

San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Valencia, Spain (Mar)
Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Bari, Italy (Sept)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)

2022 Trips

Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)

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Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)

Hello! This website chronicles the travel adventures of a computational biologist and a WordPress website developer (with past entries of our 😇 rescued mini schnauzers, Riesling and Pasha).

We’ve steadily increased our travel over the last several years and that is the focus of our blog currently, but you can read older ‘daily life‘ and ‘canine‘ posts by clicking on those links.

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Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)