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I can't believe how easy it was to get to the airport! After our very confused trip out of Boston 2 weeks ago, this was a breeze. We dumped off the car, caught the shuttle, caught the plane, caught another plane and landed on time in Colorado Springs. AND, the Blazer didn't have a flat tire like it did when we got back from Alaska. Sweet. We picked up the dogs from Steph's, got home about 6:00 pm where the cats were very happy to see us and..... that's all folks. It was the best trip ever. ... read more

.....or (ominous organ music....dunt dun dunnnn) Motel Hell. But before that. We had our typical continental breakfast that was a little upper scale. They had hard boiled eggs. Whooooo! After breakfast we stopped at the visitor's center at the Minuiteman Historical Site and walked along the path that the Minutemen took in fighting General Gage. "The Shot Heard Round the World". I was wondering how much of the actual battleground had changed since the actual battle. It is hard to tell. We stopped in the small town of Concord and walked around for a little while and then decided to drive back to Salem (yes we are gluttons for punishment) and see some of the touristy stuff like the Witch Museum. So we braved the traffic again, parked and walked to the museum. The place is ... read more

Our ferry didn't depart from Digby until 1:30 pm so we had quite a bit of time to kill before then. The first thing we did was go to the ferry dock and get reservations for the afternoon ferry. They told us that we could come back later and pick up our tickets and then wait in line at around noon or so. We decided to explore the islands a bit and also try to find the basalt cliffs and balancing rock. We drove south through Digby neck, crossed by ferry to Long Island and traveled to the opposite side of the island and crossed another ferry at Brier Island. We drove around for a while but the little towns along here were pretty run down and there didn't appear to be too much to do. ... read more

We are heading for Halifax this morning. Ordinarially we've avoided big cities but there were a couple of things that I found in the guide books that sounded interesting and since it is on our way to Peggy's Cove (supposedly another must see place) it seemed like a good idea. First we did our laundry. There was a laundromat in downtown Truro. It took us about an hour to get it all washed and dried. It was nice to have clean clothes again. We got in to Halifax at about 10:30 or so. Both of the places we wanted to visit were right on the waterfront about 3 blocks away from each other which made it convenient. The first place was a glass blowing factory that was highly recommended. They blow glass right on the premises ... read more

No continental breakfast for us. This motel didn't even have a coffee maker so being the caffeine fiends that we are we were up, dressed and packed in record time. We went into downtown Inverness and found a local restaurant where we had breakfast...good old fashioned eggs, bacon, toast with not a muffin or bagel or a continental anything in sight. We drove up and down the main street of this tiny town and then set off for the coast road to Cape Breton Highlands National Park along the Cabot Trail. Our destination is Baddeck, home of Alexander Graham Bell. We will be driving the west coast which is the St. Lawrence Gulf, over the top of the park and then on the easten shore of the Atlantic. My understanding is that the interior of the ... read more

After our yummy Wendys breakfast we decided to go back down to the wharf to see if we had missed anything yesterday....not much. We stopped briefly at the wharf and at an information center and decided that Charlottetown didn't offer that much more than we'd already seen and so we'd head west to check out a couple of lighthouses and some wind farms. I am semi interested in seeing Cavendish which is the home of Anne of Green Gables. Not ever having read the book as a kid this doesn't have the appeal that say the Alps of Heidi and I'm told is pretty tourist-y so we'll see. Time as always is the enemy and if we can do it tomorrow we will...but it isn't a priority. I forgot to mention, Canada has lots of information ... read more