Canadian Traveller

For the Winter 2020 issue of Canadian Traveller magazine, Deidre wrote about finding peace on a mother-daughter road trip to Cape Scott Provincial Park amid the pandemic.

“THE RHYTHM OF the ocean’s sway beckoned us forward. Salt filled the air. A bright green carpet of skunk cabbage and moss blanketed the forest floor. The canopy of old growth Sitka Spruce, Hemlock and Western Red Cedar lined the trail’s edge, sheltering us from the drizzling rain above. 

On the San Josef Bay trail, I felt a million miles away from the grey, gloomy, suffocating city streets back home. For the first time in a long time, the outside world brought me an immeasurable sense of peace.”

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