Maritimes-17

Cheryl read thru the blog this morning and mentioned that I had never posted the last entry.  Oops.  I blame blood pressure – as in I needed to get mine under control before posting this. The day started at 5:45 (4 hours and 15 minutes after arriving at our hotel room in Vancouver).  We were […]

It’s 9:10 (Toronto time).  We’re sitting in the Toronto airport waiting to board our flight to Vancouver. That should tell you something of how our day has gone. It started well enough – breakfast and good by’s with friends from the tour, then back to the room to post pictures from day 10 and 11,

Today we headed down the coast from Halifax, stopping first in Peggy’s Cove and then on to Lunenburg. Peggy’s cove is an iconic fishing village with quaint houses, small harbor, the most frequently photographed lighthouse in Canada, and about 50 tour busses a day (whenever cruise ships are in Halifax – there were three ships

Today we Headed out to St. Martins (they let you abbreviate the “Saint”) to check out New Brunswick’s ship building heritage. We started with a visit to the Quaco (the Mi’kmaq name for St. Martins) Museum – a small but excellent museum recounting the industry in that community. We were lectured by a very entertaining

After lunch we boarded the bus and headed to Saint John (Our guide told us that you do not abbreviate the word “Saint”.  OK.) We were met by a local city walking guide who toured us around to some of the historic sites and buildings. Saint John has been around for a long time –

We left Moncton heading for the Bay of Fundy and Hopewell Rocks. Arriving there we were met by Pierre Who gave us a short intro, led us in a bit of yoga, and took us downstairs to the sea floor The Bay of Fundy has the greatest change in tide anywhere in the world (somewhere

After crossing into New Brunswick we drove to Shediac Bay where we were treated to a lobster dinner cruise. It was great fun. The captain was very entertaining and we got to experience hauling in a lobster trap (planted with live lobsters), learning how to tell a male from a female, and how to cook, crack

Following The Anne visit we boarded the bus and moved to Dalvay-by-the-sea, another national park, where we lunched, learned about the history of the grand old house, and visited the beach. This is the north shore of PEI, on the gulf of St. Lawrence – big water, big wind, big shipwrecks, all that. Then we

Breakfast, Check Out, On the Bus On the way to Green Gables Cheryl asked me if I had mentioned corn mazes with short corn. But I also wanted to point out: Our first stop today was Green Gables. Lucy Maude Montgomery put PEI on the tourist map in 1908 when her first book “Anne of

After breakfast we checked out of our motel and boarded the bus. We traveled from Baddeck back across the causeway to the mainland part of Nova Scotia and on to Pictou for lunch. After lunch we boarded the ferry for the 75 minute ride over to Prince Edward Island. We arrived, checked in, and determined