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Month: August 2013

  • Blazing some trails on Prince Edward Island

    Blazing some trails on Prince Edward Island

    Prince Edward Island (PEI) isn’t just all pastoral landscapes and gleaming harbors.  The island is also famous for being the home of Anne of Green Gables, and I vaguely remember the tv series from decades ago.  However, since I wasn’t a fan we skipped a trip to the Green Gables National Historic Site.  Fortunately, our…

  • Captivating Prince Edward Island

    Captivating Prince Edward Island

    As Canada’s smallest province, Prince Edward Island (aka PEI) captivated us with its rolling fields of picture perfect farms surrounded by cobalt blue waters, wildflowers, sandstone cliffs, lobster supper restaurants and more. To get there we left the province of New Brunswick and crossed the eight-mile long Confederation Bridge that connects the island to the…

  • Exploring Fundy Trail Parkway- St Martins, NB

    Exploring Fundy Trail Parkway- St Martins, NB

    Our next adventure took us to the coastal wilderness where we experienced yet another Bay of Fundy phenomenon – a coastline sculpted by the worlds highest tides.  It was a long and scenic drive to the Fundy Trail Parkway, and a bit foggy when we arrived.  So, you may wonder, what is the Bay of…

  • Betsy’s “Ferry Tale” – Saint John, NB

    Betsy’s “Ferry Tale” – Saint John, NB

    We left the USA on a bright sunny morning and crossed the Canada border once again. This is Betsy’s eighth crossing into Canada.  Because we were weaving in and out of Canada a lot while on our Alaskan adventure, we have taken to counting our border crossings.  Now we’re taking Betsy into Canada on the other side…

  • Lighthouses, lobsters and a desert? – Freeport, ME

    Lighthouses, lobsters and a desert? – Freeport, ME

    When you think of Maine, lobsters probably come to mind along with ocean breezes – maybe even the sight of lobster boats trawling on the ocean.  It may be difficult to imagine that among the rolling hills and just a few miles from the coast is a desert.  We were not looking for this desert,…

  • On Golden Pond – Squam Lakes, NH

    On Golden Pond – Squam Lakes, NH

    After running around and savoring the delicious foods in Vermont,  it’s time to move on to our next state, New Hampshire.  Besides, we really disliked our campground and couldn’t wait to move on.  Below is what we woke up to each morning while there – guests of guests who partied all night long.  Rules?  What…

  • Cheese, Ice Cream and Teddy Bears – Vermont

    Cheese, Ice Cream and Teddy Bears – Vermont

    Like most folks, when we think of Vermont it’s the wonderful cheeses, maple syrup and maybe an image of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream that dance through our heads.  We planned our stop in Vermont so that we’d be close enough to check some of these things out conveniently by car.  We were able to…

  • A museum like no other – Shelburne Museum, VT

    A museum like no other – Shelburne Museum, VT

    Heading into Vermont, our minds and plans were fixated on yummies like ice cream and cheese (more on that later).  Little did we know that the museum our friend Don from Ohio recommended to us was the real gem.  We had been to so many museums in our travels that we thought, “how different can…

  • The vast, gorgeous Adirondacks – upstate NY

    The vast, gorgeous Adirondacks – upstate NY

    The largest park in the lower 48, the 6-million acre Adirondack Park of northern New York was our next adventure.  It is so large that we could obviously only hope to see a small portion of it during our 5-day stay.  So, for this trip through we decided to hang out near the southeastern border,…