The Maritimes of Canada

DT Amherst

 JUST recently Brenda and I, driving the PT Cruiser Touring edition Turbo, headed over to Halifax for the night.  Reason: after another four years of edumacation, this time at Dalhousie University, Holly and Kevin were graduating the Master's program in the field of Architecture.

Now I wouldn't be so bold as to suggest that she's added this to her BFA solely because of her Dad... but... it was me after all, that took her to the local building supply stores to wander amongst the displays, buy books on house plans and draw designs, at an early impressionable age.

Five Islands Prov park.

 ANNA had a track meet scheduled the same day (which was postponed due to rain) so she stayed over at Ted and Shiela's place next door to our home in Spring Valley. 

This gave Mom and I a chance to behave as adults on a road trip! 

Of course I spent ten years biking/traveling the CDN Maritime provinces when I previously lived out here, but for Brn, this was all new stuff.

Bass River memorial

ONCE across the Confederation bridge as it is known, we tacked SE along the tiny byways of Nova Scotia.  Through Amherst, via little local squiggly lines to Parrsboro and along the Fundy coast to Truro, hub of NS.

From there we turned the corner and headed back along the coast to Summerville before turning across the province into Dartmouth/Halifax.  On our previous trip a couple of weeks earlier, we stayed in Halifax proper but this time elected to visit Dartmouth.

Master's

THERE will be plenty of upcoming blogs on traveling the provinces of New Brunswick, NS including Cape Breton of course and maybe even a foray over to the Rock.  

For this trip, a rainy spring overnight, we doubled the route mileage and time required and peacefully meandered country roads well away from the Trans Canada. 

Fundy coast

IF your gig is small villages with quaint names (Economy/Upper Economy/Lower Economy, Bass River, River Hebert, Great Village, Noel, Brooklyn and Newport...) roadtripping around our Eastern provinces will appeal to you greatly.

Hundreds of years of settlement and history can be discovered around every dip, corner or bridge on the road...

Low tide

FOR example... were you aware that the highest tides found anywhere in the World's oceans, are right here... on the Bay of Fundy?  Over forty feet rise and drop, everyday, every year. 

Okay then... how about this, where will you find the second highest tides on the planet?

Bet you don't know that one :)

Stay tuned for much more... Cape Breton highlands, Fort Louisburg, the Cabot Trail, South shore, Peggy's Cove, Lunenburg, Fredricton, St. John and much much more...