Halifax author uncovers the secret to family adventures in Nova Scotia

Journey author Helen Earley has launched a brand new guide for households in search of ideas and concepts for journeys across the province.

“That is the primary guide ever printed only for households, only for Nova Scotia,” says the Halifax-based writer behind 25 Family Adventures in Nova Scotia: Making the Most of Your Travels With Your Kids.  “So when the writer approached me asking me to put in writing the guide, I believed it was an important concept.”

 A former British Airways flight attendant with a formidable checklist of printed journey writing behind her, Earley was greater than a keen participant within the conception of writing Nova Scotia’s major publication on household journey round Canada’s Ocean Playground.

“I really like Nova Scotia as a result of its my dwelling,” laughs Earley about why she loves native journey significantly. “In case you are touring regionally, you’ll be able to soar out for a two or three day journey and are available dwelling and repack your luggage and reset your compass after which exit once more for one more highway journey.  That was the true pleasure for me — discovering that little hops across the province are simply really easy to do.”

In 25 Household Adventures in Nova Scotia, Earley explores every part from whale watching off the coast of Brier Island, to tenting in a single day in an outdated caboose in Tatamagouche, to easily uncovering the wealthy historical past of Africville proper right here within the metropolis’s North Finish.

“My household goes there steadily for walks,” says the mom of two youngsters, aged seven and 12. She provides a number of the most fascinating, often-overlooked household adventures in Nova Scotia lie proper on our doorstep in HRM. “Our go to to Africville as a way to analysis for the guide was a extremely, actually big day. All kinds of neat issues occurred.”

Divided into 25 chapters over 160 pages, every part covers a special journey from throughout the province and consists of notes on the historical past and heritage of the respective area. Full with many images and useful ideas, the guide additionally focuses on offering cellphone numbers, web sites and different sensible information guide data for highway journeys.

“I hate the concept of everyone simply being on-line on a regular basis and checking places and hours,” provides Earley. “It’s simply a lot extra human to choose up the cellphone.”

The guide additionally offers typically missed and extremely handy recommendation on conditions akin to the place to seek out first rate cellphone reception (not on the highway between Antigonish and Sherbrooke, apparently!) or the place determined mother and father can find a passable washroom.

“For households with little youngsters that’s tremendous necessary,” laughs Earley.

Though the guide was really launched in April, it has slowly been gaining traction amongst readers — probably as a result of as COVID-19 restrictions have lifted in Nova Scotia, native adventurers have began planning journeys across the province extra steadily.

“There’s an enormous renewed curiosity for journey in Nova Scotia,”  says Earley, including that she has undoubtedly observed extra folks exhibiting a starvation to discover the province’s parks, sights and wealthy historic websites.

“There have been Fb websites and teams which have began up which have simply exploded by way of their following the place native individuals are in search of native ideas,” provides Earley. “And every time I see certainly one of these recommendations on these group pages, I simply wish to say, ‘go and purchase my guide as a result of it’s all in there!’”

For extra data on 25 Household Adventures in Nova Scotia, go to Helen Earley’s website.