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Hiking Ban Lifted
After a good weekend of heavy rain, the forest travel restrictions on Cape Breton have been lifted. Unfortunately, restrictions on mainland Nova Scotia still remain.
As a Cape Breton promoter of hiking I can honestly say, come on up and give out trails a try. You can find directions, photos, descriptions, and information of more than 35 trails from all regions of the Island.
If you are unfamiliar with Cape Breton and would feel more comfortable with a guided hike. We offer weekend ...
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Cape Breton’s Secret Summer Bucketlist
Cape Breton's Secret Summer Bucketlist
I am billing this "Cape Breton's Secret Summer Bucketlist" and it is filled with some of Cape Breton's greatest, oddest, tastiest, funnest things everyone should do but probably have not because they didn't know about them.
Explore, enjoy, and let me know how things went or what you enjoyed most.
Check back often. I am always adding great secrets.
* I am, in no way, responsible for any laws broken or misfortunes which may happen during your bucketlist adventures.
** Please be careful, ...
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Cape Clear or Bust
There are very few places in Cape Breton, which intrigue me, that I have not visited. Cape Clear was one of them. BUT NOT ANYMORE.
Cape Clear is a large outcrop of white stone, deep in the Western Highlands of Cape Breton, overlooking the Margaree. It is well known to locals, difficult to find, but only a 5 minute walk from your car, once you arrive.
So, now that you know about it, let me get you there...
To get there, you must travel ...
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Finally Made It
I have to admin it, I have been hiking Cape Breton for 15 years and, before October 6th of this year, had never hiked the Mabou Highlands. Well there was that once I tried, hit a snow storm and ended up wondering around a farmers field looking for shelter... But I don't count that.
Well this year, I can count the Mabou Highlands off my Cape Breton hiking bucket list.
I left Sydney early on what would be a wonderful Meetup.com adventure with ...
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Have You Seen this Plant?
Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora L.) are unbranched herbaceous plants that parasitize the roots of other plants or obtain their nutrients (especially carbon to make carbohydrates) from decaying organic matter. They also depend on soil fungi (mycorrhizae) for nutrition. (more…)
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Castaway Writings
On June 23,2013 moosebait.com hosted the Castaway Writing Workshop Adventure. Eight writers were dropped on Ingonish Island where they would spend the day writing, exploring, and exercising their brains with short writing activities.
The following are a few of the pieces which came out of the event. (more…)
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Cabin Fever Writings
On June 23, moosebait.com hosted the Cabin Fever Writing Workshop Adventure. Five writers took the trek up Coxheth Hills to Pitman Lodge where they would spend the day writing, exploring, and exercising their brains with short writing activities.
The following are a few of the pieces which came out of the event. (more…)
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Mountaintop Mob
On September 17, 2011, Moosebait.com, Bras d'Or Lake Biosphere Reserve Association, The Lakes Golf Course and Ski Ben Eoin invited people to a special celebration to mark the UNESCO designation of Bras d'Or Lake and watershed as a Man and the Biosphere Reserve.
The mob, consisting of 38 people ranging in age from 6 to 78, made its way up Eagle ski slope for a mountaintop mob-style gathering where they enjoyed the panoramic view of Bras d'Or Lakes, trivia (with prizes), and ...
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Up at 5:00am
This morning I found myself up at 5:00am for the second time this week. The only difference is this time I was not hiking Cape Breton. I headed to the CBC Radio Station for an Information Morning interview with Steve Sutherland. The topic, the origins of moosebait.com and the "Bras d'Or Lake Mountaintop Mob" being held this Saturday, Sept. 17 at Ski Ben Eoin.
Steve (a appreciator of trails himself) and I had a great talk and swapped a few trail stories. ...
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