Carter's Beach ~ Finishing School For The Soul
I didn’t plan on all of this. Confession: I’m not much for fine print and don’t always read the instructions. Originally, I thought I was entering some sort of photo contest with CBC Radio 2.
Now, I’m an advocate. A lobbyist. Even got this blog about Carter’s Beach. Got a Twitter account #GCSQ and a pile of new pals with this Facebook Group Page. Join us. Heck, I’ve even recorded a CBC Radio 2 Podcast with folks in Toronto. You’ll hear my 9 year old son Sam (pictured in my original photo/post) and I on the podcast next week. It should be up on Monday, October 5th. I’ll add the link.
Thank you for your kind and encouraging comments. I’ve received umpteen emails urging me forward in this. You people are nice. I see we believe and hope for the same good things in this country. Canadian awesomeness!
Carter’s Beach is a sort of finishing school for the soul. Best part is? No high brows, no fees and you park where you want. Nova Scotia is like that. Just “be”… in Nova Scotia. No panic attacks, not much traffic and you own the beach. Do you have any idea how beautifully refreshing that is?
I grew up in New Brunswick and jumped at a glorious opportunity to move to BC in the early 1990s. Work, of course…new and exciting work had called my name and I answered. My adventurous wife and I drove across the country…in the hopeful yet grey month of March.
Highway 17 in northern Ontario in…in…March. I’ll say no more. The prairies were not so hot either, as I recall. I will never forget this though; after 5 days of frost heaves and drifting snow -dropping down into the Fraser Valley to behold green grass. Truth is, the grass is always greener on the other side of Canada. It’s always green in Vancouver. Never wore a coat the whole time I lived there.
Vancouver is likely the most beautiful city in the world. It was and remains splendid. For me, just too many people everywhere I wanted to be. We left Canada’s greenest city 13 years ago and have fashioned out a new life in small town Nova Scotia. I love it. Vote for Carter’s Beach. It is just one sweet sandy retreat among dozens along Nova Scotia’s South Shore.