CROSS-CANADA TREKKING
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| My son-in-law and daughter at Chase's Lobsters |
My family and I just came back from a drive to Nova Scotia. We saw some
amazing things and met some wonderful people. We went to Hopewell Rocks in New Brunswick, home of
the world’s highest tides and some of the most beautiful rock formations in the
world. We toured PEI and swam at Cavendish Beach. We toured Jost Wineries near Pugwash
on the North shore. We ate fresh lobster from Chase’s Lobster Pound. We drove
through some of the most beautiful farms you will ever see in Quebec. We saw the Gulf
of St Lawrence from our vantage point in Riviere de Loup. The
whole expedition was amazing.
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| Hopewell Rocks, NB, and my son. |
You know what is kind of sad, though, is how many Canadians
have never done a trip like this. Whether it’s driving to Stewart B.C. and
feeling the temperature drop 20 degrees as you stand beside the Bear Glacier,
or watching a rain storm race towards you on the prairies—a storm that was so
delineated, it gets the back of your car wet and not the front as you outrun
it. Or how about a soak in the hot springs at the Banff Springs Hotel, or watching
your decent along the ocean as you fly into Vancouver.
CROSS-CANADA APPRECIATION
To see Canada
is to truly start to understand what it is to be Canadian. I have an idea to help
our youth understand what we have: I suggest that each college or university
student that finishes their degree with an ‘A’ be rewarded with a one-month
Canadian travel pass; they could travel by Via Rail or commercial bus line with
the express idea of being introduced to this great land. Might even bring up
the national grade averages! These young adults would come back with a better
understanding of the people and places that make up the greatest country the
world has ever known. What do you think? And if you like this idea, then share
this blog and let’s get people talking.
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