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Wow! What a great day! It all started dreadfully early though...our alarm went off at 3:30 a.m. We made it to the airport and our flights through Miami and then on to Nassau went well. The flights are so short from Tampa there isn't even time for "Beverage Service". Basically, by the time you get in the air it's already time to come back down. This is our second trip to Atlantis but Cannon was pretty young the last time (it was five years ago) so he is sure to enjoy it even more this time. One great addition since our last visit is the addition of "Aquaventure" a 63 acre water park which is incredible. We couldn't wait to try it out since we had done a little research prior to arriving and found out ... read more

5/10-5/12/07 Thursday-Saturday We’ve been in Vancouver for a couple of days now. We’ve never been on this side of Canada before and it really is a beautiful city. We’re staying at the Renaissance downtown on the waterfront. It is a very active harbor with lots of cruise ships and working boats coming and going. It even has a gas station floating in the middle of the water. We have a harbor view from our room so we are able to see all the activity. This must be the cleanest city ever; no garbage anywhere even though we haven’t seen any street sweepers or anyone picking anything up. It’s also very trendy; lots of high-end shopping and restaurants. We even saw a few SMART Cars (you know, those tiny cars used in Europe (think about the ... read more

We love Halifax! We've been here three days and have been enjoying it very much. We're staying at the Marriott on the waterfront which is very convenient because there is a ped-way which connects you to lots of other buildings. It's great because if the weather is bad it provides an alternative route to get about. We made sure to stop and shop in the Historic Properties Market which is just next door to our hotel. There are lots of shops and lots of food vendors with all sorts of treats. We visited the Citadel again (we were here on our last trip); we love to hear the pipers and to hear the daily cannon fire at 12 noon. We found a great little restaurant called the Apple Barrel and we took Alexander Keith's Brewery Tour ... read more

Today was great. We took a drive up to Marion Bridge (not too far away from Baddeck) to go to the Two Rivers Wildlife Park. We figured this was probably the only way we were going to see a moose since our trip to the bog wasn't very fruitful. It seemed like more of a farm with pastures and lots of room for the animals to roam. It is a rescue facility and the keepers rehabilitate any animals that can be and release them back to the wild. Some animals however, will spend the rest of their lives at the farm due to their inability to reaclimate to the wild. There were some terrific animals here; some that we normally would not get this close to. Like a beautiful lynx (related to a bobcat), a porcupine, ... read more

We woke this morning to very cool weather. There has been some rain off and on but not enough to interfere with our plans. We spent part of the day at Highland Village in Iona. http://museum.gov.ns.ca/hv We had a lovely drive over via the small car ferry at Little Narrows and then afterwards drove around St. Andrews Channel up to Sydney. It’s a beautiful area. The leaves are really starting to change now; lots of gold and red. The colors are such a nice contrast against the evergreens. Around lunchtime we spotted Fitzgerald’s along Highway 105 in Southaven. It was a great little restaurant with the nicest lady waiting on tables. She seemed to really enjoy what she was doing; we thought at first that she must own the restaurant but found out later that she ... read more