Recap of our trip.

Its good to be home!

Getting back to a routine such as it is.

And have space - lotso of space.

Got some creativity out yesterday.

Today will be clean the RV day.

 Labor Day in NJ - I was actually chasing hummingbirds...

ended up with a HUGE bumblebee.

 Bar Harbor Maine...

 Digby

 Nova Scotia Highway 3

 Peggy's Cove

 Cabot Loop

Prince Edward Island 

and the onlymoose we saw -

 were on these signs.

Sigh.

Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia

 Was such a disappointment. I expected to be taking a lot of pictures. I expected a lot more picturesque moments. There was like 10% photo op, 90 % driving with lots of pine trees with an amazing amount of ESS and hairpin turns. We spent a lot of time on the trail pushing ourselves to meet schedules when in fact, we should’ve turned back after the first 5 turnouts. 

It wasn’t that it wasn’t pretty, it was the fact that it wasn’t things we haven’t seen before in America. We expected to see different. 

On the lighter side, we discovered Tim Horton’s which is the Starbucks of our pal Canada. Their coffee is wonderful, their veggie soup is totally hearty and their ginger molasses cookies are to die for. OMG. They had one left on one of our stops and I wasn’t happy that I had to split said cookie - even if it was with my most awesome DH. After that split I found a TH that had a dozen of them - hard to find - and bought them, they’ve been a wonderful pickmeup during our drive.

We even went on down to Dingwall to see the St. Paul’s lighthouse that they had been advertising for miles. When we drove on into Dingwall it became obvious when we came upon the museum and the lighthouse and said lighthouse was moved from somewhere else. AND truly it was not a lighthouse but the top of one. I totally felt duped.

So we flew through the trail in order to get to the ferry in Caribou so we could get to Prince Edward Island in the hopes of seeing something different.

We made it on the ferry just fine. Its so weird driving the rig on there and park next to a semi. We went topside and I almost wet my pants when the horn blew signaling we were leaving the dock. 

 So I ended up running back and forth from port to starboard (a little nautical lingo there); the marina on the port side with working boats coming and going, and a lighthouse on the starboard side that also had working boats bobbing up and down. (bobbing - another nautical term LOL). And I chose the photo without bobbing boats.

I did eventually go in the “cabin” to warm up and get ready for round two when DH said the sun will be setting. 

Soon.

As in 10 minutes. Soon.

 Back out I went to get it.

So while one the port side doing a sunset, there was ANOTHER lighthouse on the starboard side getting the glow of the sunset. Knocked a few people over running back and forth.









 We are now relaxing at a KOA that my DH driving hubby totally needs. There is great wifi - which is great for you in getting updates.  

Not forgotten!

Peggy's Cove - finally!

 Woke up late about 9 a.m. - late again but not so bad. Reving up really fast because Peggy’s Cove is on the list. 

Finally. 

That was an easy, picturesque drive. 

Made Tom stop a couple of times and one turnaround. 

It just couldn’t be helped.



 One of those beautiful coves that had all the rustic gorgeousness could hold. And to my delight the photos came out just fine. 

And then we turned the corner.

 And shazam! a LIGHTHOUSE. So its the most photographed lighthouse in Canada. I can be a copycat. Of course its all cloudy and dramatic - well yeah! its that or dark and gloomy. 

Cloudy and dramatic sounds so much better. 

So breaking a rule that was in my mind only- try not to take a million photos of an inanimate object. WORK your camera and get a couple of great ones.

It couldn’t be helped.

First you have to deal with the ebb and flow of people climbing over the rocks to be near it. Then there are people who of course stand fixated and commence to taking a lot of photos. And who could blame them. But they need.to.move. NOW. Sadly the weather never changed. 

And they did. Who knew the power of the mind.

I managed to get quite a few shots without people in my way. Gotta love that. They of course have an adorable gift shop and a cafe where we had breakfast. It was very good. Fortified, I went out to get some more photos and chat with a few of the people. So much fun.

 And then we had to head on down the road. We needed to get a campsite and Tom wanted lobster and we also want to tour Cape Breton - a national park and then head on over to Prince Edward Island. Another ferry. whoa. Maybe a whale will show up this time.

St. John's Ferry to Digby Nova Scota

Made it to St. John’s just about supper time and neither of us was hungry or wanted to go anywhere to eat. We needed to be at the ferry at 11 a.m. the next and I know Tom was wiped from driving. Hunkering down with a granny smith apple and crunchy peanut butter did the trick with some wine. Getting used to carrying my stuff around in a plastic bag through lovely hotel lobbies. Suitcases and RV’s not a good mix.

Got up in time for breakfast and also walked to the bank to get some Canadian currency. It appears to spend like ours so no convertin’ needs to go on, which is good because me and math - not so good. They don’t use pennies or dollar bills either so the change can get a bit on the weighty. And then there are those kilometers. Snort. The van doesn’t have them on the speedometer so we’re trying to use an app to tell us how fast is 100 Km. - would be 52 mph. They don’t go by 5 times table and its not really an exact science - just a lot of guessing on our part as the GPS sometimes converts and sometimes it don’t.  And using Km instead of miles to somewhere is fun. NOT.

Driving the van on the ferry was odd and parking it next to a few semis odder still. Those ferries hold a lot and we were not the only RV on the boat. You can’t remain in your vehicle therefore gathering everything you think you may need.

And of course the weather changed and it got cold - but I was ready this time. I overpacked in the winter department and I’m glad I did. Dressed a tad warmly I roamed around the ferry and took some photos of course. Was hoping to get in on some whales but they weren’t cooperating. Spent most of the time indoors. It was a cold and windy ride.

We disembarked 3 hours later in Digby NS and headed to Camp Haven. We did a few scenic things and grocery shopped. I KNOW. How mundane on vacation but it was worth it as Tom made the most delicious halibut and steaks. Groceries appear to be kind of the same except meat isn’t sold as tenderloin, new york, cubed, etc. its sold up here as grilling steak and stew meat. Everything else appears to be the same. We hunkered down for the evening and I read a book as the wifi sucked and was driving me crazy.

I did however, stroll down to the lake - taking the wrong fork in the road to get a lovely sunset photo. Several actually, but the sun was behind the trees and I caught the glow.