East Coast 2022

Last day in the Maritimes! Rainy again which was a bit annoying. We started at the Oak Island Resort to take the Salty Dogs boat tour around the island (this year they’re not doing tours of the island…apparently when they are the tickets sell in like 3 minutes). The boat company is owned by Tony…

Took the ten minute boat ride to George’s Island. They have a lunch you can order ahead of time to bring over with you so we got the ploughman lunch (sandwich things). It was spitting a bit when we headed over, so we got complimentary ponchos lol. We started with the 15 minute guided tour…

Heading to Halifax today…our last stop before heading home! Went to Fishermen’s Cove on the way to Halifax. It’s on the Dartmouth side. Last time we came for lunch on a tour here, but we couldn’t remember where the exact restaurant was. The Marriott here has a fairly late check-in at 4 pm, so dad’s…

Drove the Cabot Trail today clockwise. We hit a detour right off the bay so that made the trip a little slow. Stopped at the Aucoin Acadian Bakery but it was busy and we didn’t see much (we had picked up a loaf of their bread at a store awhile back). Mom and I did…

Today we’re driving the Cabot Trail clockwise. Forgot to mention that they say we crossed over the Confederation Bridge back to New Brunswick, the ferry from P.E.I. to New Brunswick caught on fire and is still not running until Wednesday. https://globalnews.ca/news/9012329/mv-holiday-island-ferry-passengers-vehicles/amp/ Actually going to the Glace Bay Miners’ Museum today since it’s a bit thunderstormy…

Made it to Baddeck on Cape Breton Island. Before we left Moncton, saw the tidal bore again (as predicted 25 minutes earlier than the time they said). We walked down and got a better vintage point from the old hotel we stayed at. I could tell it was coming because the tide started to change.…

Driving the Fundy Trail Parkway today. Will see about doing Magnetic Hill to font or tomorrow maybe. Hoping the heat breaks by tomorrow! Had a busy but fun day on the Fundy Trail Parkway. We started by driving down a very potholed road to Fundy National Park (I read after that you should have to…

Today we’re starting with a tour at Fort Beausejour. Couldn’t see the tidal bore again this morning from the hotel room. We’ll have to go to the nearby park to watch it tomorrow. I’m thinking it may be small right now and hard to make out from further away because we know what it looks…

Heading to Moncton today via the Fundy Trail Parkway. Made it to Moncton…so did a boys’ baseball team lol We decided to go to the Hopewell Rocks during low tide today instead of Sunday so we could order this lumberjack picnic for Sunday on the Fundy Trail (I didn’t realize you had to order it…

Last day in P.E.I. today. Going to start the day back at the Greenwich Dunes and hike (4.5 km). This trail is part of P.E.I. National Park, along with Cavendish and Brackley beaches (which includes Dalvay). We’ll then head to Victoria-by-the-Sea to visit their chocolate shop and get a lobster roll. Finally, hoping to have…