AlandraHelen

We drove all day today. We went through the rest of Massachusettes into New York, New Jersey and eventually Pensylvania.We only stopped briefly at a tractor store for Dad to buy some shirts, and a bandana for himself in New Jersey, and also at a little vegetable place just off the highway. We continued driving until we reached a little Ruby Tuesday’s restaurant in Kestone, Pennsylvania where we all ate dinner before filling up and hitting the road again. We had a pretty late night and ended up all passsing out while Dad continued driving to another Walmart in Pittsburg. He saw the NHL arena as well as a tunnel that must have been 2 miles long and another one that was about 1 mile long !... read more

The morning brought more traveling and a quick stop at Covered Bridge chip factory. We bought 6 bags of chips and us kids went on a tour of the factory. It was kind of cool to see how the chips were made and we each got a small bag of hot chips right off the belt. They were absolutely to die for and we got to top them off with our favorite seasonings. Since they were sweet potato chips Shawn left his plain. Shaley put some cinamon sugar seasoning on hers, and I put a combination of blue raspberry and green apple on mine, which sounds a little weird but actually was great! After that we continued the drive until we reached the U.S boarder. When we got there the man was really nice and let ... read more

We began our last day in Nova Scotia by getting breakfast at McDonald’s and Timmies. Then we stopped quickly to see the Windsor Mud Flats. Shortly after we went to see the Hopewell Rocks. The Hopewell rocks were crazy ! They were huge flower rocks that must were over 120 feet tall. We went down a giant staircase to walk on the sea floor. I pointed out the kelp to everyone and we took millions of pictures. We finished off by walking in the silky smooth, mud shrimp filled mud. Then we rinsed off and had to go back to the top because the tide was coming back in. After viewing the rocks we went and read about them in the interpretive center before we left to go horseback riding. On the trail ride we saw ... read more

We slept in a little before our tourist activities of the day. Then we drove over to our neighbors at Tim Horton’s and McDonald’s for breakfast. After that we drove down to Cole Harbour - Sidney Crosby’s hometown - to check it out. We saw his junior high and elementary school and stopped at the Tim Horton’s he played Timbits out of to use the toilets. When we were leaving I saw a man wearing a team Canada player’s hat and told Dad about him. Dad joked about him possibly being Crosby’s Dad, but he was wearing a Montreal jersey so I didn’t think it was possible. Then we continued our drive to Halifax. In Halifax we went to the pier and explored what there was there. We watched some kids breakdance in the streets and ... read more

We woke up quite early to give us time to find a campground to park the trailer while we went to explore the picturesque Cabot trails for the day. After finding a nice one we dropped the trailer and took off towards Cape Breton Island. We stopped quickly at a information booth after going over the Canso Causeway, then continued down the road. Dad however took the wrong road so instead we took a back dirt road. We soon came up to a sign that said “bridge closed" but after testing it out we decided that it was pretty safe and if it did break it was only a foot and a half drop anyway, so we all got ready to go however, Mom wasn’t having any of it so she decided to get out and ... read more