Blogs from Nova Scotia, Canada, North America - page 42

Saturday, September 6 When we started out on Saturday morning, everything was wet from showers in the night - the first bands of rain going out ahead of tropical storm Hannah. We ate breakfast at a Perkins just across the line into New Jersey. In New York, we drove through the Bear Mountain State Park. The clouds were sitting on top of the mountain, so the road to the lookout was closed. We took the Bear Mountain bridge across the Hudson River. For a while we drove through the countryside - with forest and large lakes. In Carmel, NY, we stopped for lunch and ran our errands - an optician to put the lens back into Mother’s glasses, a Radio Shack for an electrical adapter, and an A&P for Mother’s grocery store fix. Most of the ... read more

Ten days with no place to call home. What better way to spend it than a road trip? We only had 10 days, but we had 10 big days, including the Gaspé peninsula, parts of New Brunswick, and Cape Breton and the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. Highlights included some amazing camping spots, moose-signs and footprints (but no moose sightings), cute fishing villages, lighthouses, friendly people, crazy drivers and some very large piles of wood (must get cold in winter!) We picked up our rental car the morning of September 1st, and decided that renting cars is a great way to test-drive a vehicle. Our experiences have convinced us to stay away from the go-kart engines of Hyundai's, but that's what we had for our trip! It loved the hills...really (just the drivers behind hated ... read more

Less than a week to go and my mind turns to what I leave behind. I spent the summer in this quiet part of the world. I am lucky to live here, I know. Now the birds are gathering on the telephone wires, getting ready to fly south. People are energetic with the cooler air. Neighbours are chopping wood for winter. Schools will soon open. Everything around me begins the autumn dance yet I pack and clean house and empty my life as much as I can so I am free to travel. A turtle, that is what I am mimicking, as I stuff clothing into a backpack. How will I get by with only this pile of clothes and shoes on my back? How do I make room for the alarm clock, sleeping bag, toiletries ... read more

Today is the day that I should have a reaction to the Yellow Fever needle I got ten days ago. Hmmmmm, do I feel different? or am I thinking myself into some body aches? Not sure... I wonder if some infected mosquito will bite me in Peru and die because I have this serum in my body? I hope so. ha ha ha I like this site; good tip about travel insurance. I get lost reading other blogs and looking at the photos. Pressure is off, to get that perfect shot at all the places that I want to see, because hundreds of people have already been there and taken good pictures. Why, I could hide out in my house and never leave, and make up a travel journal by cutting and pasting these fine ... read more

Hi! In September, we will be hitting the road again - heading to Nova Scotia. The sense of anticipation is getting stronger as the date approaches with lots of adventures, great & small, to be shared. I'll be sending blogs once we start out on September 3.... read more