pictures and told us stories of places where he had stayed to camp and observed a family of beavers. He didn’t see another person for three days. After he left us he drove back to British Columbia through Southern Canada. To take that on at 78 is an amazing feat – I find that absolutely inspiring. Is it ultimately these sorts of inspiring experiences that moved you and Trish to start your annual camping event for Wild Coast customers? PvD: For sure. We host an event for our customers in the Annapolis Valley here in Nova Scotia called Lala Phezulu, which means “sleep on top” in Zulu. We planned this event with our good friend Robert who helped us find the perfect camping site to accommodate a number of people because in the beginning we didn’t know how many people would show up. We chose a place with bathroom facilities just outside of Middleton, Vidito Family Campground & Cottages, consid- ering that whole families might show up. We’re in a section where the Annapolis River runs in the shape of a horseshoe. So on three sides there’s the river and the other is a grassy open space with very large, very old trees – it’s a beautiful setting. “It’s the sort of thing a lot of people dream about. All they did was live out of their van and they’d pick fruit and fish.”
That first year we did a pig roast. Robert made a solar-pow-
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