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Hitchhiking Across Canada – Part 2

Hitchhiking Across Canada
Continued from Hitchhiking Across Canada. From Sudbury, a couple uneventful rides (the scenery in northern Ontario and along Lake Superior  is incredible) got me to Sault-Ste. Marie.  I had to walk through town here, which was fine because there were some interesting things to see, like a wood statue of a white bison.  It was… Read More

Hitchhiking Across Canada

Hitchhiking Across Canada
In the summer of 2007, I had two big events planned.  One was my brother’s wedding, in which I was the best man.  The other was to visit my university roommate who I hadn’t seen in about five years. At the time, he was living on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia.  I knew after… Read More

Roadside Willies – Truro, NS

Roadside Willies Truro Restaurant
Both Drew and I, at various points in our pre-married life, have had a bad habit of discrediting Truro.  To be fair, Drew’s distaste for Truro was based solely on the fact that he’s from New Glasgow and there’s some kind of weird northern NS rivalry.  To be even more fair, my distaste was based… Read More

Bus Route #6 – Quinpool

Bus Route #6 Quinpool
Or: The Route of Bests So far we’ve covered four routes, the #15, the #60, the #21 and the #80 that will take you in four completely different directions in HRM.  So, for our fifth #LocalTravelHRM post on @hfxtransit bus routes, we decided to cover one of the urban core routes, the #6. For us,… Read More

Fox Hill Cheese House – Port Williams, NS

Foxhill Farm Cheese
Fox Hill (@foxhillcheese) cheese and milk are already staples of our weekly Halifax Seaport Market purchases.  For those who aren’t familiar with Fox Hill Cheese House’s products, let me indulge you. The milk is non-homogenized and comes in 1L returnable glass bottles.  They have a wide variety of cheese, including feta, parmesan, gouda, havarti, and… Read More