I’m back from a trip to Nova Scotia with the wife and kids. It was great. We travelled along Northumberland shore with many great stops with view on the Atlantic ocean (the gulf of St-Lawrence to be more precise).

We survived going near Malignant Cove (awesome name, will steal it for an elfgame along with Folly Lake). We then went to the eastern part of the province in Cape Breton, where the locals were a bit confused with our french pronunciation of it (unwanted history lesson: Breton stands for France’s Bretagne), I’m not complaining really, the Nova Scotians are great folks, polite and welcoming Canadians through and through (a lot more than over here in Quebec I must say).

And we did the rightly famous Cabot Trail. My wife says that the Skyline trail is a bit overrated though, and in truth we all preferred our visit to the wetlands where we could see thousands of carnivorous pitcher plants among other things.

I ate as much seafood as I could (and took a few pounds for it I think) but we also ate the best fire-grilled steak ever at Mother Webb’s in Antigonish. Thank god there’s no Mother Webb’s in Quebec City as my wife would be there 5 times a week I think!

We also nearly got all killed when we got stuck on the highway between a large, slow-moving farming machine and a non-slowing (down a slope) truck full of huge tree trunks, followed by another truck, but thankfully the truck’s driver reacted properly and got pass us full-speed in the gravel roadside. That was pretty frikkin close.

But hey, we’re still alive and unless you begin to think that I’m doing a travel blog, and as someone afflicted with GMS (Game Master Syndrome), whatever I do, wherever I go, I must find gameable content instead of, y’know, enjoying myself in the moment.

And so, I think Cape Breton would make for a great island, or small continent if upscaled maybe. The Bras d’or Lake is not really a lake in fact as it’s salt water and linked to the surrounding ocean in three places. A wonderful and impressive inner Sea with several strategic locations.

The name itself, Bras d’Or, Arm of Gold, is a bit incongruous but I think it has a feel of Lady in the Lake going on for it or something.

Well, come to think of it, that’s about all I have to say rpg-wise. I suppose I did enjoy myself!