Blogs from Nova Scotia, Canada, North America - page 52

This is the 11th part of a series about my trip on my 2005 883 Low Harley Sportster ‘Effie’ from Kansas City to Novia Scotia and back. This was part of my vacation from 4 to 20 AUG 2006 MON 14AUG06 I got up at 7AM this morning and was packing the bike by 7:30. When I went outside there was a pile of towels on my handrail at the steps. As I am packing up the maid came over to say she had left those rags there for me to use to wipe off the bike if I wanted to. Effie was in sad shape. But I thought that was such a neat thing to do, I have never had a motel offer me rags for the bike before. I wet one of the towels ... read more

Kejimkujik to Annapolis Royal to Port Royal to Digby Neck We took off early morning to hike the Hemlocks and Hardwood Trail. It was a lovely trail with hemlocks at different stages of growth. It seems a fire destroyed lots of this area but they are coming back. We saw hemlocks that were 400 years old!! I couldn’t see the tops. It was a loop trail and the bugs were out and about. This time of year I guess we can expect the buggies. Bob enjoys history and geologic sites. I do too, but in moderation. I think I have learned more about Canadian history than I know about American history. At any rate, here we are at Annapolis Royal, yet another Historic Site. Before I get there…let me tell you, the French come and ... read more

Hey People I was sooooo happy when I got home to Halifax...I was dancing and singing. But when I got my suitcase back, they freaking broke it! I got that covered..I got a new one luckly. First we had to go check our stuff for the food thing. Then I called Alyssa first, then I call Manisha, then I called Jenn. Chu Dat picked us up. and we went to eat cuz there was people lookimh at our house. That's basically it though. Later KayLam... read more

Atlantic Canada’s most photographed site is Peggy’s Cove. With the houses of this tiny village clinging to the weathered hillside at the edge of Margaret’s Bay, the Atlantic beats against the granite bouldered coast. The lighthouse is perched on 400 million year old granite, it also serves as a post office in the summer. Even with the clouds and showers there are lots of sightseers climbing on the rocks and snapping photos. Lunenburg is our next stop. It is a wooden-ship kind of town honored as a UNESCO world heritage site. It is one rainy day, as we get into Lunenburg. It is a small touristy town with lots of gift shops and of course the pier with the Bluenose II. History just drips from the old houses along the streets. Once the rain passed ... read more

Odometer: 36741km The Cabot Trail displayed everything promised. Vista after vista caused me to quietly exclaim inside my helmet. Seemingly organized rocky shores interspersed with narrow, sandy beaches met my expectations of what this coastline would be like. Inland there were lush trees giving way to scrub spuce and other hearty bushes reaching down to the shore. The road was a bit of an engineering wonder. Sometimes cutting through rocky outcroppings, sometimes twisting and climbing on the edge of a steep hill, and sometimes winding haphazardly along the coastline, it always offerred motorcycle riding fun. The tough part was handling the rough road. Although there were some new parts that had been recently paved, many of the older, twisty stretches had surpise potholes and bumps, all of which forced me to ride without taking the liberty ... read more