What famous Nova Scotia Landmark is this beauty of a lighthouse from?

Peggy’s cove is nothing like we expected. The day we went, there were at least 15 big busses full of tourists from cruise ships and taxis and limousines arriving with more visitors. The place was full of people and vehicles so I went and sat on a bench in a quiet place on the other side of all the activity and actually got to see four whales. Neat!

What a great autumn drive we had through the middle of Nova Scotia to get to Kejimkujik National Park and historic site. Yep. Repeat after me… Kejimkujik

We camped in this park for a couple of nights while a wind and rain storm went through the province. You can tell by the picture that we were well sheltered. Still no pumpkin pie.

Nova Scotia bound

One more note on the NFL ferry--. the following day after we caught it, it was cancelled due to high winds, so we were fortunate to get going when we did.

We spent three nights in Dartmouth which is just across the bridge from Halifax. We stayed in a great place with TransCanada walking trails and meandering roads with autumn touched trees shading them. We went for a drive down Waverly road and viewed some beautiful properties along the lakes. The prices aren’t outrageous either. Jack and I both like this location.

Had a great hot turkey sandwich for thanksgiving at the local bar and grill. The only thing missing was pumpkin pie. We even had cranberry served in those little Kraft packages. We totally enjoyed our pub dinner. The weather was great and of course that added to our enjoyment of the day.

The next day we took a short “walk on” ferry and hung out on the Wharf in downtown Halifax. We visited the Alexander Keith’s beer emporium where we imbibed two pints of the finest while we were entertained by young folk acting out the story of the Beer giant and Halifax.

Kit also liked the campground… so he took a three hour hiatus and watched us from the bushes as we looked everywhere for him…da Brat.

Touring from Stephenville pictures

Beautiful day

Hidden falls waterfall.

This is one of my favorite pictures

Happy Thanksgiving weekend

Our latest adventure...

We met some nice people who were also stuck on the rock due to the broken ferry situation. They were in the same campground as us in Stephenville and were also trying to get a ferry to Nova Scotia before the 21- 24th of October. (October 21 was the first date that we could reserve. However, we were told to keep phoning as maybe we could get an earlier date.) Our new friends knocked on our door at 11:30 Friday night and told us that they just got their reservation changed to 11:15 the next morning.

Jack phoned the ferry and we also got a reservation for the same time, now the question was to either pack up and drive the 170 k. to the ferry that night or wait and get up early and then go. We chose the first plan, packed up and headed out. The drive was uneventful except for the dark, rain, sleet, fear of moose, and construction zones that made the journey interesting. But the final touch was the huge sign that warned that Rv’s (and in particular ours:-) ) were in danger of being blown off the road in the high wind area.

We arrived at the terminal at about 3:00 am. The nice guy informed us that we couldn’t go into the parking area until 4:30. So we turned around and drove back up the hill and parked beside the highway outside the Timmies, where we pretend to sleep for a few hours. We did get Timmies for breakfast.

We found out later that our friends were able to park inside the ferry parking area. Hmmm. The ferry trip was rough at times due to the high wind but now we are back in NS and looking for somewhere to have a turkey dinner. Bye for now.

...Oh by the way… we did some great sight seeing around the cape St. George area until the weather turned cold and miserable. Now we are off to explore Nova Scotia.

and still more...

Look carefully... are them there icebergs on the horizon?

Some more on NL/labrador

• Fish and brewis
• Walking into the pub and being the only ones there. Jack jokingly asked the lady at the bar if we were early or late. She looked up at him and said, “Well hard to know if yer late or early whendersnuttin going on!”
• seeing Labrador across da way.
• viking beer
• playing pool and visiting with some locals.
• ferry is down...so we may be on da rock longer than we planned.

More points for ya

L'Anse Aux Meadows National Historic site-- interesting, Vikings, Norse men and women :-) completion of the 360 degree migration of humans. Leif and Red Erickson Greenland and Iceland ...oh yeah

Small Fenced garden plots on the edge of the highway rightofway and 30-40 k from any inhabitants. (seemingly in the middle of nowhere)

Straits of Belle Isle. Gunners Cove

Points along the way

The West side of the North end of the Northern Peninsula--

• NL is huge… great roads. Vast distances.

• Winding roads and…

15 “hug the rocks” small fishing villages starting with Forrestors Point and ending with Eddies cove all wihin 40 k.

• Wings”n”Tings diner.

  • Cod and chips, haddock and chips, shrimp and chips, chicken and chips.. you get the picture.

Crab or lobster anyone?

coastal buildings
beautiful vistas and small villages

stormy seas