2025 Trip: Goat Island, Nova Scotia 

I picked up this hitchhiker and drove him to his home in the Eskasoni town nearby.  He told me about Goat Island, a part of the Eskasoni Mi'kmaw Nation, with its trails and cultural artifacts, and so off I went.

This dude was selling all kinds of locally made products (and wearing some, too):

The trail followed the perphery of the island, with occasional local dwellings and mysterious stone piles:

I had the place to myself: