Tall ships give way to Peggy’s Cove
9:00 o'clock in the morning and hot already. No way we are going down to see the ships. How 'bout Peggy's Cove? We missed seeing it the first time we were here. Sounds like a good idea so let's go...
July 2004
Tanker time
George and Lucy have kindly agreed to relieve us of Oscar and Oreo, and so dog less we head down to the Halifax Harbour to check out the Tall Ships. There are approximately forty sailing vessels from...
Halifax ho!
It's around lunch time when we pull into corporate headquarters of Tradewind Knitwear Designs Inc., home of Lucy Neatby and many of her unique and exciting knitwear designs. Lucy stayed with us this past...
Travel, laundry, blog update!
I think the title says it all, what more is there to say? Nothing! No pictures either. We are looking forward to a great weekend in Halifax and four days canoeing in Kejimkujik National Park! See you...
Port Royal visited, Annapolis Royal re-visited
When we visited this part of Nova Scotia several years ago we did not get to Port Royal which is a short distance from Annapolis Royal. This time we do. It was here that the French nobleman Sieur de...
Studios and historic sites
So we spent the night looking at the guide and circling which shops and historic sites we would like to visit, and we are off at the crack of 11 am. Ya, crack of our day! So Grand Pre National Historic...
Days in Nova Scotia
We are in a private campsite just outside of Truro, Nova Scotia. Last night we found a great place for fish and chips and a good spot to watch the tidal bore on the Salmon River. Unfortunately because...
Surprising who you meet along the way
This whole area of Nova Scotia that we have been traveling through strikes us as rather depressed. This of course leads to a discussion about upbeat communities with some type of vision versus the...
Scenic PEI and Dalvay-by-the-Sea
When Lawrie and I visited the Maritimes 10 years ago, we unexpectedly came across a lovely mansion that was identified as a National Historic Site and maybe part of the PEI National Park of Canada. It...
PEI … of bridges, fibre mills and ceilidh’s
The Confederation Bridge is one of the most impressive structures I have ever seen. What is surprising is that the bridge is curved and undulates. There are traffic lights, telephones, street lights...
Hopewell Rocks, well sort of…
This parking lot is one of four that were as crammed as this one. The attraction, Hopewell Rocks aka Flowerpot Rocks. Cost to get in, $7.00 per person.