Drove from Morehead, MN to Theodore Roosevelt NP in Medora, ND. We visited the south unit of TRNP. First we visited the Painted Cliffs Visitor Center, then the South Unit Visitor Center, took a tour of the cabin that Teddy Roosevelt lived in while living in North Dakota. The cabin was moved from its original location. He lived and ranched nearby, and the park was named for him due to his conservation efforts as President. We toured a museum for Roosevelt's time in ND, did some Junior Ranger activities, then hiked the Wind Canyon trail. After dinner we drove the loop drive. We saw so much wild life - Bison, wild horses, prairie dogs, an elk (or deer) and a coyote. TRNP is a lot like the Badlands, but not as rugged. There was more greenery. ... read more

Today we rented kayaks (one double and two singles) and went up the Mersey River in the morning, then on Keji Lake in the afternoon. Keji Lake is fairly large and has a lot of inlets and islands and thank goodness we had a map and there were markers as we managed to get lost anyway, but it could have been worse! We stopped at a beach and the kids played in the water while Rick was going to kayak around two islands, but he realized he wasn’t where he thought, so he returned. The row back to Jake’s Landing was tough. It was the first time we’ve kayaked together and it was a good experience. We kayaked 2 miles each way to the beach plus the river. The Lake water was also brown. Went to ... read more

Maggie and I started today with bilingual beach yoga with Karen. Chrissy loved it, especially the soothing waves and the beautiful views. Maggie not so much. Karen tied the local landscape into the yoga – we did boat, eagle, jellyfish (forward fold). Karen was a great personality and engaged the kids to learn words in another language, etc. Last night was our last reservation, and we decided to spend another night at PEI and add a night in Keji and skip Cape Breton. It is just too much driving. Today was a gorgeous day and we spent the afternoon at Brackley beach. There was a “Sensational Sandcastles” program there where a professional sandcastle builder was there to give people tips on building a sandcastle, as well as provide tools – shovels, buckets, rulers, etc. The kids ... read more

Today is New Brunswick Day (the first Monday in August) which is a day off for many. We aren’t really sure what NB day is – but discovered that everywhere in Canada has this day as a holiday – some call it Civic Day, others after their province, one after a person. Canada Day is July 1, so this isn’t their national independence day, but as it is the same date nationwide it can’t be a province anniversary. So, just a day set aside to celebrate your province! But they were handing out Canada 150 flags – celebrating Canada’s 150th We started with a walk of the bog in Kouchi, which included a tower to view the area. We hoped to see moose, but didn’t. We went to Callander’s Beach and visited the Migmag wigwams. To ... read more

Drove to Canada. The kids have been getting along great. The music for this trip has been Pentatonix. We’ve been trying to stick to our no electronics in National Parks (included Adirondacks) rule. Arrived in Fundy National Park on the Bay of Fundy. The Bay of Fundy experiences the world’s highest tides, as much as 40 ft. Visited the Flower Pot Rocks at Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park. Hopewell is a place where, at low tide, you can walk on the ocean floor near cliffs and rock formations. We built cairns every 5 minutes to see how much the tide went out! Great experiment. We will return tomorrow to see it at higher tide. At high tide the water covers the ocean floor and part of the rocks and cliffs. We returned to the campground for dinner, ... read more