It’s nearly the end of summer (and if you’re hearing some sort of sound in the background, that’s probably my distant wailing) which means I finally get to go on a much-needed vacation. I guess there is no better way to wave au revoir to the more palatable Canadian season (and I will remain unconvinced Cold, Extreme Cold, or Rain with a Side of Gray is better than summer no matter what you say), than a road trip tour through part of the country I’ve never seen, guided by my very best friend. Please send thoughts and prayers to him so that his sanity may survive the hours upon hours of backseat shenanigans I will no doubt get up to with the third friend of our intrepid traveling troupe.

It is a good thing though that I’ve got someone taking the lead on where to go and what to see because I know basically nothing about our shining East Coast other than Anne of Green Gables, potatoes, endless seafood, and what I learned in grade school. But if you’re like me and you’re making a last-minute summer getaway by car or by plane to the nature-filled landscapes of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island, then let me take a page out of my colleague Adam’s recent posts and scour our library shelves for something that may help you not look like a total Newfie (and East Coast) Newb. I know I need it.