Both you and Nic sound like me, Meg......in that the ocean is a place of refuge.......a healing place for not only my body but my soul.    It's great that Nic chose this organization in which to channel his Mont Blanc donation.

BTW, Meg............I've been to Nova Scotia.   Stayed there years ago......in June and right on the Atlantic coast in a very old resort.  The place was mostly empty at that time of the year and the weather was cool.  I especially remember how the fog would come rolling in.....it was eerie and breathtakingly beautiful all at the same time.   Talk about a lonely stretch of beach in which to take a long walk......I loved it!