The Bay of Fundy

Packed up for our day-trip across Nova Scotia to Hall's Harbour on the Bay of Fundy.  Marley all ready for the trip. We will get to the bay at low tide.

Marley going along to the Bay of Fundy.

Tide already coming in a long way

The restaurant we didn't eat at in Halls Harbour

The tide at this particular point and on this particular day will have a differential of 40 feet. The Bay of Fundy is know to have the worlds greatest tides.

These ships, now sitting high and dry, will soon be floating in deep water.

The small harbour is home to the lobster boats belonging to the local fishermen.

A wide open beach. A great place to explore and go beach-combing.

I found a great natural walking stick and will take it back to BC. The rock outcroppings were especially interesting having endured centuries of wave action.

These rocks are covered with moss that, as they dry in the sun, resemble the parting of human hair.

Another area of natural rock carving and cave forming by the constant coming and going of the tide

We set up our chairs and watched as the tide made its way in. 

Ever closer and at an amazing rate.

Soon the places where we walked  and explored were under the sea.

And the boats were righted and once again floating ready to head out to catch more lobster.

Heading back to Dartmouth we drove through some beautiful farm land.

Never far from the sea.

The two of us on a "lookoff" over the farm valley below.

We looked for and finally found this restaurant by the sea and had a wonderful meal with our friends.

The setting was perfect and the weather held.

Our last view of the now at high tide Bay of Fundy. We will head back to Dartmouth for our last night here in Nova Scotia.



Tomorrow we plan to leave by 9am if possible and head north through a bit of New Brunswick before crossing the Confederation Bridge and into Prince Edward Island.

Kamloops to Abbotsford

With only a short drive of approximately 3 hours, we had a casual breakfast with Cliff and Edith and then headed out on the last leg of this journey across the country. This is a view of their home in Kamloops.

This is a view of the Kamloops area as we climb the hill towards the Coquihalla Highway. 

The Coquihalla Highway from Kamloops to Hope. Legal speed limit 120kms/hr.

Descending down the hill towards Merritt, BC. 

Our first glimpse of the Cascade Mountains.

We enjoyed the many flowering plants beside the highway and at the rest area such as these Lupin. 

The Coquihalla Pass at 1244 meters, then a right turn between those two mountains followed by a long steep decent into Hope.

Our usual stop in Hope, BC, is at the Blue Moose cafe and coffee house at 322 Wallace Street. Very nice assortment of sandwiches and buns. Some are already made others are made to order. Never a disappointment. 

Having a chat with the owner, Wes Bergmann, who also happens to be my 1st cousin.

Across the street from the Blue Moose there are a number of large wooden carvings. (spot Marley?)

After a good lunch and great chat we left for the final section of our trip, non-stop Hope to Abbotsford.

The trip is done! 
9878.2 km from door to door.

Marley's first visit to 2605 Springhill Street! 

And with that the blog ends. Thanks for coming along for the adventure.

Calgary to Kamloops

We had another long driving day ahead of us so we once again were on the road by 9am from Calgary headed to Kamloops. As we left Calgary we passed by the old Olympic site on the West end of Calgary.

Heading out of Calgary it doesn't take long and you see the mountains on the horizon.

And soon you are driving along the Bow river with the mountains "growing" all around you.

Always majestic and even more so on a clear day!

Welcome to British Columbia, the 10th province we have visited on this trip.

Once we were though the passes and the national parks of Banff, Yoho and Revelstoke, we enter the Shuswap lake area and its' many towns. As we got closer to Kamloops the temperature started to climb as well. By the time we arrive in Kamloops it was 29C.

Marley 'helping' Edith and Cliff Janzen make dinner. We stay with Cliff and Edith for the night and enjoyed a wonderful dinner, breakfast and visit! They just moved here from Medicine Hat in April but it seemed like they were already settled in and enjoying this new adventure.

Lucy visiting with Cliff and Edith and watching as they prepared oatmeal, fruit and toast for breakfast.


This was only a one night stop for us because we plan to drive our final 3 hours of the trip tomorrow. There was no rush in the morning to leave but we did hope to beat the mid-day heat so we left by 10:30.

Saskatoon to Calgary

As this was going to be a long driving day we decided to leave Borden by 9am. On the way out we passed by the picturesque, abandoned Borden bridge.

When we reached the Alberta border we had lunch at the rest area in the town or Alsask. (right on the border)

The crops seemed more mature in Alberta as shown by this field of Canola.



The trip took us about 7 1/2 hours. And the closer we got to Calgary the warmer it got. We arrived with 28C temperatures.

We stayed with Norm and Dana Rempel in Calgary. (Dana is Lucy's niece) They had to go out for a bit so we had some fun with Marley around the house.

Besides Marley this shows Norm's amazing workmanship on the stove range hood.

Spending some time on the back deck. This sort of looks into the dining area. Dana designed the house and Norm built it.

The old with the new. The house is very modern but has some beautiful antique furniture as accents. (spot Marley?)

The dining room table with the view looking back outside at the deck.

Dana and Norm Rempel by the old windmill wheel.

Lucy and her niece Dana.






We spent two nights with Norm and Dana. We had dinner with them and Dana's sister Carla joined us. We slept well both nights and then headed out early in the morning for Kamloops.