“LOOK, Daddy – over there, it’s a bear!” comes the excited cry from my five-year-old daughter.
My eyes scan the road ahead of me, quickly realising that Dorothy is right.
Well, almost, because there’s not just one bear, but three — a mother and her two cubs.
When we set out on our motorhome holiday to explore eastern Canada’s Maritimes region — encompassing the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island — there was always the hope we would see bears and moose.
But I’m not sure we believed it would happen.
Entranced, we sit in excited silence, watching the mother bear eventually lead her playful cubs into the undergrowth.
It would prove to be just …