Nice one today.

Only a month to go before we leave for Arizona. Hard to imagine we will be leaving because of the cold weather.

Canada East Coast Adventure

 In August of this year Yvonne & I, along with Sandi & Tito, ventured out to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. These East Coast Canadian Provinces had been on our travel-to list for some time.

Years ago, both Sandi and Tito's parents arrived by sea through Halifax on their way to a life in Canada. They were looking forward to seeing their parents port of entry.

Leaving Edmonton on time proved to be harder than expected. 

We were delayed by almost 5 hrs.

Halifax's Pier 21 was our first stop. Both Sandi and Tito hoped to find information regarding their parents arrival to Canada over 50 years ago.

We stayed with these strangers for three days at a Dartmouth B&B while we toured Nova Scotia.

 Peggy's Cove, NS

the seafood platter

While in Nova Scotia we visited my schoolhood friend Bob Found. He'd recently retired and moved everything from Calgary to Indian Harbour NS.

Bob was a drag racer in his spare time.

Be prepared to sit a while during low tide. Parts of the Bay of Fundy have the highest (and lowest) tides in the world.

Replica of the schooner on the Canadian dime

Lunenburg NS

Our B&B in Brigus

Low tide. Don't let it sneak up on you.

This sleek looking ferryboat took us to St Pierre (France) for an overnight stay. The tiny group of islands just 25 miles south of Newfoundland remain under France's control where they speak only French and use the Euro as currency.

The local Police in St Pierre are imported from France on a 2 year rotation.

Meat Market

The girls in France are like no other.

St Pierre (fr)

Back in Newfoundland it's so windy that Sandi has to hold Yvonne to keep her from flying away.

Oh Sandi, not another B&B I hope.

Trinity NL

 Our B&B in Trinity

 What were they thinking?

Newfoundland has chosen some of the most unusual names for their towns and places. Goobies, Hearts Content, Hearts Desire, Come-by-Chance and Dildo to name a few.

 Philip's Cafe in Placentia. One of the best places to eat in NL.

 Our B&B in Placentia.

 Another town, another bar....

 The girls gave us a hard time about packing our long coats for this trip but Tito and I were glad we brought them.

no comment!

 Our Dildo B&B

 Apparently the use of colourful house paint is a tradition in the Maritimes. If you're a fisherman you can see your house from England.

Signal Hill Tower at the entrance to St. John's Harbour. This is where Marconi transmitted the first  transatlantic wireless message. Can you hear me now?

 Duckworth Street in St John's

 Our rental at Fort Amherst. We stayed in the smaller of the two houses in this picture. The lighthouse keeper is no longer needed although the lighthouse is still operating and fully automated. The foghorn woke us up regularly at 2AM

 Yvonne and Sandi on the deck.

Like the sign says, Cape Spear, the most Easterly point in North America.

 There must be fresh fish onboard.

This is one of the service ships that regularly pass through the harbour entrance. This type of ship brings supplies and men to the offshore drilling rigs in the Hibernia Oil Field.