One of the main reasons we were in New England was to see the fall foliage and we had been carefully monitoring the weather and status of the color change Go too early and everything is…
When we awoke, it was still cloudy but no sign of rain so we drove into central Salem and found a parking spot on the street before going out to look for some witches in Salem town We…
We actually got up at a reasonable hour and took an Uber to the USS Constitution Built in 1797 the USS Constitution is the oldest active naval ship still afloat and it is one of the original…
After our usual morning homeschooling we drove to the nearby Susan’s Fish & Chips for our final meal in Maine This is an unpretentious seafood place in a former garage Holly wanted…
The day dawned lovely and bright and we were going to try to visit Acadia National Park again and hopefully enjoy the sights of the park in good weather We drove into the park and found it…
On our first full day back in the US we went into Acadia National Park It was a rather cold, dark and overcast day and the fall foliage was just starting to come in It really was not a…
We got up early in the morning and rushed to St Martin to visit the St Martin Sea Caves The Sea Caves are only accessible during low tide which happened to be at 9:15 AM and it is an hour’s…
We spent most of the day driving back to the Fundy Discovery Center, stopping for lunch at a scenic park along the shore This would be our third time visiting the Fundy Discovery Center which…
The morning broke on a beautiful sunny day so we Olivia and I returned to the Wave once again while Holly slept in Olivia was outgrowing her clothes quite quickly so after lunch in Rover we…
We woke in the morning to find that the parking lot was full Turns out one of the buildings we had parked in front of hosts a weekend farmer’s market Bonus! We went to the farmers…
Our destination was Halifax, about a 3 hour drive We took the entire day to get there between our usual late start and a long stopover at the Fundy Discovery site again Can’t stress…
We woke up to a glorious sunny calm day looking directly out onto the lake Bras d’Or We were so close to the water we could have jumped out of the window directly into the lake This is…
We had planned to leave for Nova Scotia after lunch Knowing that it would be a long drive day we decided to hit a local skate park so that Olivia could work out some energy before the…
We got up extra early because we wanted to see the tidal bore in Moncton A tidal bore is when a tide pushes water up a river, reversing the course of the river The Petitcodiac River runs…
The season was turning fast so it was time to move on We needed to get going to Mocton, New Brunswick which is about an 8 hour drive away and even though the seasons wait for no one we didn’t…