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By McGoose
July 13th 2007

A canadian yankee in portuguese cove

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Kris, Daniel, Kira

Today we drove to Portuguese Cove to the other house. The view is incredible with about 180 degrees of ocean shoreline in sight. A beautiful walk around the property was a welcome escape from the car-ride. The boulders on the water were great to play on and photograph. We went on to Halifax and got some dinner at Piccolo Mondo Ristorante. After dinner we walked Ling and Hans to their hotel and then Chrissy/Daniel and Robyn and I went for a walk on the boardwalk. We are in Halifax just at the right time to see the Tall Ships Festival [View Full Entry]

By McGoose
July 12th 2007

Fort of Frenchies

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Cape Breton » Louisbourg

Music in the Fort

Today we got up and got breakfast with Daniel and his kids at the Days Gone By Bakery in Guysborough. Then we all drove a few hours to the Fortress of Louisbourg at Cape Breton Island. The Fort really gave me an idea of visualizing the time period of 1700’s Nova Scotia. And it is a French Fort as well, so it’s very much the look our movie will have. It was a foggy and wet day but it really added to the mood of the place and the people that dressed up in costume at the Fort were extremely [View Full Entry]

By McGoose
July 11th 2007

Guysborough via Antigonish

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Wild Lupins in Guysborough

Got up and Aunt Chrissy drove us 2.5hrs to Guysborough. We stopped for lunch at The Alcove in Atigonish. The seafood chowder up here is really great! I also got a pulled pork BBQ sandwich. Good stuff. Got to Guysborough and got to see Uncle Daniel’s children, Ari, Ling and Hans. They’re all around Robyn and my age so it’s good to hang out with them. They are really laid back and easy to be around. We all went for a walk around the property with Kira the dog. Beautiful landscape here and so quiet and calm. We all got [View Full Entry]

By McGoose
July 10th 2007

Nova in the Scotia

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Halifax

Fog rolls in over the marsh

Early morning today. Got on the road around 3:30AM to drop the car by the airport. Robyn and I are on our way up to Nova Scotia to visit her Aunt Chrissy and research the Mic’mak/Acadia film. A long layover in DC became an even longer one when the plane to Halifax was delayed. We arrived around 10:30PM, got some Japanese food and went to bed. Nova Scotia is exciting. Halifax reminds me of Seattle. [View Full Entry]

By along the way
June 29th 2007

Tidbits from Canada

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Cape Breton » Baddeck

Now that we have internet access again I feel like I need to use it so a short odds and ends message. We have had clam chowder, fish chowder and seafood chowder in several places along the way from Maine on into Canada. All have been delicious and fun to taste different ones. All of the chowders we have had have been of a broth soup consistency, much thinner than traditional New England chowder, but very good. We both feel we have had a 2 year supply of coleslaw and french fries. It seems like most fish meals you order come [View Full Entry]

By along the way
June 28th 2007

The Weather Saga in Nova Scotia

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Cape Breton » Baddeck

Whales

Our trip saga is almost a weather saga. The first day in Grand Pre , Nova Scotia, it was in the mid 60's and rainy. We went to the public library for some internet work. We then drove to Cape Split, a narrow arm of land into the Bay of Fundy, but by the time we got there it was so foggy you could barely see anything. Still an interesting drive. We ended the day with a walk through the Acadia University campus and gardens and a visit to a local winery. The next day we got up to cool, [View Full Entry]

By along the way
June 21st 2007

Greetings from Canada

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Lighthouse on Grand Manon Island

This will be a long entry. We have been communication challenged. Something happened to our voice mail at home and we can't access it. I should be able to access voice mail on my cell phone, but can no longer use the shortcut I established since we are out of the US. I don't have the instruction book with me and don't have complete number so can't access that voice mail either. We have also had difficulties finding campgrounds with wi-fi so we are basically incommunicado. Since our last entry we have discovered a number of things. 1) Gray skies [View Full Entry]

By The Jared
June 9th 2007

O' Canada

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Yarmouth

West Quoddy Lighthouse
The easternmost point in the US

It felt good leaving Bar Harbor riding through this exciting village. I had a lot of great fun here with the people and the places visited. It also felt good to surpass 3000 miles as I left the Mount Desert Island and turned eastward to Canada; so close I could taste it. Today was cool and cloudy and the wind was at my back to push me along 80 miles into Machias. The hills continued but I powered through them getting used to this new coastal landscape. This part of Maine called ‘Down East Maine’ was very rural and became increasingly [View Full Entry]

By Rachel on the Road
June 3rd 2007

Halifax

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Halifax

RECOVERED

After I left Ontario I flew to Halifax. The Halifax area was overcast and so we could not see the ground until shortly before landing. It was very exciting when the plane finally broke through the clouds and Nova Scotia was right below. The first thing that struck me was just how many lakes there are near Halifax - the entire landscape was dotted with lakes and rivers. They had a late spring in the Maritimes so the trees were mostly still barren and I knew I was a long way away from warm, sunny Vancouver which had bloomed in [View Full Entry]

By Cross Canada 07
May 21st 2007

On The Road Again

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Pictou

Camping
Our first real campsite of the trip, in Antigonish.

- Antigonish, NS Brad and Treena On the road again. We spent 6 days and nights in Stephenville, exploring the wide range of food possibilities including, Mcdonald's, Timmy Ho's, Subway, and my favorite, Pizza Delight. We spent a lot of time sleeping, and laying around the hotel room trying to give Treena the best short recovery possible. Our first day on the bikes was a 30 km ride that turned out really well. We were cold and wet, and able to stop at a truckstop, instead of trying to sleep in a field somewhere, whil [View Full Entry]

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