Went up to Nova Scotia to visit my wife’s family and do a little sight seeing. This is not my first time up there, but it’s been 4-5 years since the last time I went. We flew into Halifax ( took 17 hrs to get to the hotel, delayed flights, changed flights, you know the story)and then head northeast to the quaint town of Antigonish. Stayed at a relatives house for most of the week and made day trips from there. While there I got to go mackerel fishing twice. Only caught 6 on my first trip, but managed to catch 15 on my second trip. They aren’t big, but I was catching 3-4 at a time on the set up we were using. Got to visit a few beaches and eat a lot of good food. Her sister and her husband really took care of us and cooked us some delicious meals. We had steamed mussels, lobster rolls, scallops, t-bones, plus a bunch of other Canadian staples. Did get to drink some local beer, but if you go prepare yourself for sticker shock. The price of food and alcohol is ridiculous. A six pack of 16 oz. craft beer was pushing 30 bucks. A gallon of gas is 6.95. On a positive note there is very little traffic on the interstates and the roads are generally in good shape so it is very easy to drive anywhere in the province. The gun laws are also preposterous with hardly anyone owning a semi automatic handgun or rifle. They do have .22 bolt actions and large caliber rifles for deer and moose, but that is it. All of the locals rail against their government as they know they have given up way to much liberty in exchange for government assistance such as free health care and money for all sorts of things. You better be damn sick if you want treatment quickly. Routine surgeries and procedures such as colonoscopies and sonagrams are a long wait. All in all we had a great trip, as Canada is a beautiful country with tons of natural beauty and very friendly people. If you have a chance fly on up to Halifax and go from there. Any direction you pick will lead you to awesome adventures.
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