Two Sore Backs

September 11th. It is Day 100 of our trip. It rained overnight. We pack up and leave Saint Andrews. It is always easier to leave when the weather isn’t so bright. We leave hoping to come back another time and stay at the Algonquin Hotel and play golf at the golf course. 🤞 To be…

We have been away for 100 days. We are on Campobello Island in New Brunswick. We are close enough to Maine that Bell sent us that message about roaming charges in the US. Yes the last blog post has us on Cape Breton – we have some catching up to do! So today we’ll publish…

We headed straight from the St. John ferry terminal to St. Andrew’s. First stop, before setting up camp, was the Blockhouse historical site. These Blockhouses were put in place to defend St. Andrews from raiding Americans – both army and privateers – during the war of 1812. Interesting design feature – spaces in the overhangs,…

A land mass known as Digby Neck deserves its own blog post. The Neck extends west from Digby with two islands making up the western half. Brier Island is the furthest west and in between is Long Island which is snuggled up to the neck. We took a day to explore. Coolest Flag The meaning…

I am writing this about ten days after we were on the Acadian Shore and two days after post tropical storm Lee made landfall in this region. …. Our journey south from Halifax, around the tip and over to Digby is more of the same – stunning scenery at the water’s edge. We are driving…

Our time with Jeff and Dianne is terrific. Being on the road for this extended period of time makes us very appreciative of a few days with our friends – chatting, relaxing, and mostly not being a tourist. With renewed energy we head south. Over the next few days we’ll make our way down the…

We’ve mentioned this before – as we travel through all of the amazing places in Atlantic Canada, we have fun imagining what life here would be like. We check out real estate prices, and shake our heads. We imagine being minutes away from most of the activities we love. We wonder what it would be…

We are not referring to recovering from a night out; we mean this literally! We have hurricane Franklin to thank for these recent storms and our wet trail shoes. (Some irony here – I am writing this blog post on the eve of Hurricane Lee’s anticipated landing near Yarmouth on Sep 16. We will be…

I mentioned in a previous post that Newfoundlanders, at least the Anglos, mispronounce French words “with enthusiasm”. Well, the Nova Scotians aren’t much different. Here it is pronounced “Lewisburg”. This is, no doubt, the result of centuries of wars, and resulting animosities, between the British and the French in this area. And what were they…

We’re north of Cape Breton Highlands National Park and are really impressed. Back in the planning stages, we were a uncertain about including Meat Cove in the itinerary. We went for it and are so glad we did! Heading south to join the Cabot Trail once again, there are a few more interesting gems to…