Trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & PEI - Day 10

Today started with a driving tour of Halifax City with brief stops at the Citadel Fort and Fairview Lawn Cemetery where some of the victims from the RMS Titanic are buried.

Our next destination was Peggy’s Cove, an active fishing community with houses perched along a narrow inlet facing the Atlantic. Its famous lighthouse on top of the giant rocks with the sea waves crashing in was totally engulfed in dense fog.   This is the first time the weather has not cooperated during our trip. Daytime temperatures have been in the high 60's - low 70's with sunshine each day.

Next, we stopped for dinner at the Sou’ Wester restaurant. This restaurant offers traditional maritime and seafood meals. We are overnighting in Truro, Nova Scotia and will head back through New Brunswick into the United States tomorrow.

Trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & PEI - Day 9

We toured all day around one of the most beautiful loops in the world, the Cabot Trail of Cape Breton Island National Park. Our drive featured

spectacular scenery, lovely beaches, deep valleys, sheer cliffs and picturesque fishing villages.

 

 

 

Trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & PEI - Day 8

Traveling back over the Northumberland Strait, we headed up into Nova Scotia. Crossing the Casco Causeway onto Cape Breton Island, we continued north to Baddeck, where we did some group sailing on the beautiful Bras d’Or Lake, before heading to Sydney, Nova Scotia for a two-night stay. We are having a wonderful time. Pictures from today's travels -

Trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & PEI - Day 7

Green Gables on Prince Edward Island

GREEN GABLES – CAVENDISH – PEI NATIONAL PARK – This morning we took a pilgrimage to the land of Anne of Green Gables, to visit some of the sites involving the red-haired orphan and her creator, Lucy Maud Montgomery. 

Nancy and I both read Anne of Green Gables just prior to this trip. Therefore, we were especially excited about seeing these attractions. 

 

This afternoon, we enjoyed the beauty of the island’s North Shore, composed of red sandstone cliffs, white sand beaches, rolling farm fields, fishing villages and lighthouses.

Trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & PEI - Day 6

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (PEI)– Unlike rugged Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, PEI is a land of rich gently rolling farmland and neat villages of Victorian homes. After crossing the nine mile Confederation Bridge from the mainland, our touring today was of PEI’s North Cape Coastal Drive, with its beaches, sand dunes, and lighthouses.  

We also made stops at the Bottle House and Gardens Museum and the PEI Potato Museum today.  Both were very unusual and interesting.  

Inside the Bottle House

Our accommodations for the next two nights are in the pretty town of Summerside on Prince Edward Island.

Trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & PEI - Day 5

Today we had photo stops at Grand Falls and the Hartland Bridge, the longest covered bridge (1282 feet) in the world. 

Then Rocks Provincial Park provided us the experience of walking on the ocean floor, among the giant “flower pots” (islands at low tide) in the Bay of Fundy. 

The day started and ended with the tour group joining in the celebration of my 70th birthday. It will be one fondly remembered. We are in Moncton, New Brunswick to overnight.

Trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & PEI - Day 4

Today we took a guided tour of new and old Quebec City, which has many medieval style buildings including the elegant Le Chateau Frontenac. 

 After lunch we depart for Edmundston, New Brunswick where we are overnighting.

Trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & PEI - Day 3

Driving through New York’s Adirondack Mountains brought us to Fort Ticonderoga, which guards the historic portage between Lake Champlain and Lake George. Here nations fought to control a continent in the French and Indian War and in the struggle for America’s independence a generation later. 

This afternoon we arrived in Quebec City which we will tour tomorrow.

Trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & PEI - Day 2

 

Today finds us in Canandaigua, NY in the Finger Lakes region. Here we toured Sonnenburg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park, one of the nation’s most extensively preserved Victorian estates. This 50 acre site included beautiful gardens and a magnificent 1887 Queen Anne style mansion. 

Continuing east we arrived at the historic 1926 Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls, New York; where we will enjoy a welcome reception and dinner before overnighting. The evening was spent playing cards with Nancy and Jim Parker.

Trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & PEI - Day 1

We are off to tour Canada’s Maritime Provinces which are dominated by the sea; with long, jagged coastlines containing picturesque bays, sandy beaches, and towering cliffs. Friends Jim and Nancy Parker are also along for the journey. Nancy and I worked together at Transylvania University for nearly 20 years. Their company will make this adventure very special. 

Jim & Nancy Parker

Wayne & Carolyn Wells

Coastal Canada has been on my list of future travel destinations for some time. I will celebrate my 70th birthday during the trip and couldn't wish for a more wonderful present.

Our first day’s drive takes us up through Ohio and Pennsylvania to our first overnight in Dunkirk, New York. Tomorrow we travel across western New York State to Canandaigua in the Finger Lakes region.

Lake Erie - Dunkirk, NY

Trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island

We are headed to Atlantic Canada to tour Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.  This is a 14 day tour with the Shockey Tour Company out of Louisville, Kentucky.  We are leaving the RV life behind in favor of tours and cruises for the next year or so.  It might be fun to leave the planning and driving to someone else for a change.  I'll keep you posted on our adventure as it unfolds . . . . when I can get Internet access.