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Cass and Doug Adventureing
Deadvlei, Namibia
Paddling past a beaver dam

Into the Tobeatic

By Doug Smith on April 29, 2025
The Tobeatic Wilderness Area(Wiki link) is a 120,000 hectare are in southwest Nova Scotia adjacent to Kejimkujik National Park. It's protected from industrial use and development, leaving it for low impact recreation only. It is the largest and most spectacular forested area in the Maritime provinces and makes for amazing canoe trips. This is my…

Birds of Africa

By Doug Smith on February 19, 2025
The birds in Africa were impressive! Check them all out here. Warning to your eyes, as some are very ugly. At every turn on every day there were many to photograph. Obviously some were super common like some of the Weavers, but I don't know these things at the time and they are all new…

Namibia and Botswana

By Doug Smith on February 18, 2025
The trip of a lifetime started, as most do, with many flights. Two over-nighters. Halifax, Newark, Frankfurt, and Windhoek. We had a full day in Frankfurt to checkout the signs walking around. My first time in Europe, but not for the wife. We did a considerable amount of walking around. One of our important tasks…

Arizona

By Doug Smith on January 28, 2024canyon, river
No write-up of this yet. It's America, so do I really need one? Travel Advisory: Do not go. It's a shit show.