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The Mersey River flows through Kejimkujik National Park, with several roadside stops and hiking trails that encourage exploration. (And yes, this Mersey flows to Liverpool, no kidding!) I had fun catching reflections on the river surface all week long. Here’s the most conventional of the images from my experiments. Then I started focusing on the water itself, cropping out the shoreline entirely. When I flipped this one upside down, it looked perfect, as if there was a crazy melting forest in front of me. What you can look at differently in YOUR world today? The smallest change in perspective can transform…

It occurred to me as I was walking around Rockwood Park’s lovely display of the Canadian provincial flags that I couldn’t actually name all 10 provinces. And then I thought that perhaps some people might not know much about the Canadian Maritimes where I’m traveling for the next several weeks. If you’re Canadian, you can skip the rest of this post (unless you want to read and then correct my inevitable errors!) If you’re not Canadian, and you have no idea where Nova Scotia actually *is* on a map, this post is for you. This is Canada. It’s a huge…

Staying west of St. John for a few nights was my first experience with the tides of the Bay of Fundy, and it was pretty darned amazing, especially considering my location was at the low end of the tidal range. According to this map, I was in the 9 meter (29.5 feet) range and by the time I finish my visit to Nova Scotia, I will have experienced the highest end of the range near the Minas Basin (14 meters, or 46 feet). Cool. Here’s the view across New River Beach towards the picnic area and hiking trails, at close…