By Candice Walsh
One of the joys of travelling Nova Scotia is the ease of getting around the province by car. When Halifax starts feeling a little too close for comfort, you can hightail it out of there with a moment’s notice. You don’t even need to go overnight—just go.
Photo courtesy Whistler Fishing Guides
Experienced fishers and anglers-in-training drive two hours north to cast off with Whistler Fishing Guides, which offers day trips to lure salmon and trout. Rods and tackle are provided, so no need for your own gear. Consider us sold—hook, line and sinker.—Kristina Urquhart
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Pack up the starfighter—er, car—and zip to Seattle, three hours south, where the Pacific Science Center is hosting Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination (Mar. 19 to May 8; www.pacsci.org). Explore the technology used in all six films and how it could be applied to future robotics and travel. Jedi Masters will revel in 21 exhibits with more than 100 artifacts, video interviews with the filmmakers and a robot design lab. May the Force be with you.—Kristina Urquhart
Photo by R.G. Ojeda/Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, New York
Plan a day trip south of the border to Seattle, which is an easy three-hour drive from Vancouver. The Seattle Art Museum is host to the landmark exhibition Picasso (to Jan. 17; www.seattleartmuseum.org), showing more than 150 paintings and other works (including “La Lecture (Reading),” pictured) by the master himself. Also in the Emerald City, Hogwarts fans delight in the props and costumes from the Harry Potter flicks in Harry Potter: The Exhibition at Pacific Science Center (to Jan. 30; www.pacsci.org).—Kristina Urquhart
One of the three ships with 2010 Winter Games motifs, part of the BC Ferries fleet since 2008. Photo courtesy BC Ferries
Explore beautiful British Columbia with the help of BC Ferries, which makes regular sailings to the Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands). For an easy day trip, head to Victoria, our historic provincial capital.—Kristina Urquhart
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