The Maritimes

Wow, we thought driving through Montana took forever, doesn’t compare to New Brunswick! And the weirdest thing was the moose fencing that ran alongside the road, especially when we saw a Moose running on the side of the highway, funny!

Prince Edward Island or PEI as the locals call it is a lovely island of rolling hills, beautiful beaches and miles after miles of biking trails. To see any of the sights on the island you must do a lot of driving as everything is few and far between. Small fishing villages line the coast so we took advantage and went on a local charter boat fishing for Mackerel and Cod. Troy caught the largest Cod of the day which was our dinner that night, so fresh and yummy!

Lobster traps, lobster shacks and lobsters boats were everywhere along with potato field after potato field. We drove to the North Cape and explored the tourist towns of Summerside and Charlottetown, quaint boutiques and restaurants made up the towns. We stumbled across a house, church and bar made all out of bottles. Here is Troy making himself comfortable at the Bottle Bar

After making our way over the Confederation Bridge the longest (8 miles) in the world crossing ice-covered waters (scary in an RV that reacts to the slightest change in the wind) we made our way into Nova Scotia. We really enjoyed our time in Nova Scotia and extended it by a few days once we were there to further explore. There are so many different areas of Nova Scotia that we didn’t even make a dent in the exploration but we sure enjoyed the areas we made it to and hope to make it back some day. Cape Breton Highlands National Park is at the tip of Nova Scotia and is famous for the Cabot Trail that runs along the coast, gorgeous! Along the Cabot Trail in Cap Le Moine we found Joe's Scarecrow Village, a display of more than 100 scarecrows dressed and masked to represent politicians, actors and other famous personalities as well as everyday life in Cape Breton. In 1946, Joe Delaney planted a garden and placed scarecrows in it - to scare away the crows. Neighbors told Joe the garden was too close to salty sea water to grow vegetables while other neighbors suggested he grow scarecrows. He placed more scarecrows in his garden and tourists stopped to see the figures so he planted even more scarecrows.

We took a hike through the park on the Skyline Trail where we were able to get a good look at the Cabot trail and met ourselves a Moose and her baby. The third picture below is Green Cove along the eastern shore of the trail with the waves crashing and the wind whipping, it was chilly to say the least!

We made it to North America's only single malt whisky producer, Glenora Distillery where we toured the distillery and tasted their whisky, not a big fan and boy was it expensive. We didn't buy any :) It was time to make it to Halifax and their Natal Days celebration. It was their birthday and they were having concerts every night on the pier. We made it to the last night of the festival and caught the band “Dirty Deeds”, an AC/DC cover band, very interesting! Alexander Keith’s Brewery is located downtown and we became a big fan! We toured their brewery the following day, best brewery tour we have ever been on. They took you back in time and everyone was in period clothes and the tasting room was in the basement from the original brewery, very cool pub, Cheers!

With Halifax as our base we toured Lunenburg and Peggy’s Cove. Lunenburg’s Fisheries Museum was a great history lesson in all matters of the sea and their waterfront is one of the most photographed views in the area.

Peggy’s Cove is a true fishing village. The tourist were everywhere in this little town to get a view of their lighthouse among the rocks and take a few pics, we joined in the fun.

We moved across Nova Scotia to Parkers Cove and the Bay of Fundy to experience high and low tide. Each day 100 billion tons of seawater flows in and out of the Bay of Fundy during one tide cycle more than the combined flow of the world’s freshwater rivers! The time between a high tide and a low tide is six hours. Every 6 hours the water went down or up 40 feet – truly a feat to see. In the pictures below you can see Troy on the ocean floor with Lisa on the pier looking down. In the next picture the water and boats are close to the pier with Lisa and no Troy, did he get swept away? Nope, just went to the pier six hours later, our campsite was next door to the marina with wonderful views of the bay and the sunset.

Our time in Canada was done (for now) and we began our trip South along the Eastern shore. When we crossed the border back into the good U. S. of A. the border patrol came into the RV and took a look around - good thing we didn't try to smuggle anything into the country :)