Where to next?
Places worth staying awhile.
Good places by the water, and what it would actually take to live in them.
Vancouver Island
Mild winters. Big trees. A ferry to catch.
Nova Scotia
Lunenburg. Steep streets. A ship on the dime.
Newfoundland
Icebergs. Moose. Half an hour ahead.
St. Andrews, New Brunswick
Fundy tides. Loyalist houses. Too many deer.
Port Townsend, Washington
Wooden boats. Half the rain. No railroad.
Tavira, Portugal
Salt pans. 37 churches. No Romans.
Goderich, Ontario
Fresh water. Salt mine. Two sunsets.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
No cars. 600 horses. A lot of fudge.
Dingle, Ireland
Pubs that sell hardware. Rain. Irish spoken.
Gimli, Manitoba
New Iceland. Big lake. Hard winter.
Dunedin, Florida
Bagpipes. Blue Jays. Golf carts.
Whitby, England
Kippers. Goths. 199 steps.
Camogli, Italy
Painted windows. A giant frying pan. Many stairs.
Tobermory, Ontario
Shipwrecks. Flowerpots. One road in.
Tobermory, Scotland
Painted houses. Whisky. Missing gold.
Key West, Florida
Roosters. Six-toed cats. One brief secession.
Prince Edward Island
Red cliffs. Potatoes. A toll to leave.
Hydra, Greece
No cars. No pools. A great many cats.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
London Bridge. 28 lighthouses. 53 degrees.
Salt Spring Island, B.C.
Three ferries. No mayor. Its own money.
Saint-Malo, France
Ramparts. Corsairs. A 13-metre tide.
Port Dover, Ontario
Perch. Palm trees. Friday the 13th.
Galveston, Texas
A seawall. Brown water. A long memory.
Nothing matches. We haven’t been everywhere yet.
Take a
little coast
home.