Nova Scotia Adventure

“What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” – Robert Brault 

Update: our planned changed because of Hurricane Dorian. Our newest little grandwonder arrived last week and we spent three wonderful days getting to know her and playing with her older brother and sister, but now we're off on our next adventure.

Three years ago we wanted to take the boat to Nova Scotia while we were in Maine, but we never made it that far east. This year we're heading that way in our car. A road trip with no real plans, just heading east to enjoy the sights and see what we can find along the way. We'll visit Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. We might even visit a few places in New Hampshire. Stay tuned for updates. I'll try to blog each day but if blogging gets in the way of having fun and exploring, I'll catch the blog up once we get back to New York. We'll just see how it goes.

History Lesson: Nova Scotia is a Canadian province located on the eastern seaboard, it's one of Canada’s Maritime Provinces, which also includes New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Nova Scotia's past and present are tied closely to the maritime life of fishing, shipbuilding and transatlantic shipping. It became the site of the first permanent European settlement in North America north of Florida when the French established a fur-trading post at Port Royal, which is near present-day Annapolis Royal in 1605. Early explorers gave the area the name Acadia, but the present name, which means “New Scotland” in Latin, was the result of a brief Scottish claim to the region in the 1620s.  

The province is roughly 360 miles long and 80 miles wide, it comprises the peninsula of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island and a number of small adjacent islands. The city of Halifax is the capital. We hope to check out the Bay of Fundy, with it's amazing tides, the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island, Halifax and all the cute little villages that dot the southern shore. Along the way we'll see a lot of lighthouses and hopefully get to take in the Acadian culture