Brenda

The week started on my birthday.  Yay!  We drove over to the central west coast of Nova Scotia to visit Digby, the Scallop Capital of the World.  After settling into our campsite, we drove down the coast and took a small ferry to see the Balancing Rock on Long Island (it was only a 3 […]

As Dave and I left Cape Breton Island (sadly) and headed toward Halifax, we stopped in Antigonish, NS on the central north side.  A college town, it was near Cape George Lighthouse and boasts lots of surrounding hiking trails.  After waiting for the rain to stop, we had a blustery but fun hike in the

We left the maritime province of Prince Edward Island and headed toward Cape Breton Island, located in upper northeast Nova Scotia (NS).  We made one stop prior to our arrival, at Pictou, NS.  Fun fact:  Pictou was a receiving point for many Scottish immigrants moving to northern Nova Scotia/Cape Breton Island. The first wave of

As the smallest Canadian province and one of the three Canadian Maritimes, Prince Edward Island (PEI) deserves a blog post of its own.   Arriving by plane, ferry, or driving over the 12 km (7.5 miles) Confederation Bridge from New Brunswick, PEI has something for everyone.    If any of these activities pique your interest:   hiking, cycling,

Dave and I have heard so much about the Maritimes, especially Nova Scotia, we were very excited to visit.  However, we had one last stop in Quebec before arriving in the Maritimes.  The town of Saint-Roch-des-Aulmaies.  As we both love to cycle, Dave found part of the Trans Canada multi-use trail right outside our campground. 

If our first week in Canada is any indication of what our next month will be like, we are in for a treat! Great Stop #1:  Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa, the capital of Canada, has grand Victorian architecture in its government buildings and excellent restaurants.  We celebrated Dave’s birthday at Mamma Teresa’s, which opened in 1970,

We’ve arrived in Canada!  But first, how did we get here from St. Petersburg, FL?  To begin our first 5th wheel summer RV trip, we headed north.  We stopped in RV campgrounds in Georgia, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania arriving just outside of Buffalo, New York after 9 days of travel.    Dave and I planned