Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and St. John, New Brunswick

Peggy's cove lighthouse

After leaving Quebec we hit the worst rainstorm ever and so we pulled off in Fredericton, New Brunswick at Wal-Mart to boondock for the night.

Here are pictures from the last two weeks on the iland and mainland, agriculture rich and historically rich parts of Eastern Canada.  We stayed on the outer banks of PEI at Vacationland RV park in Brackley Beach near the national parc.  It was a much needed relaxing six days.

We toured a botanical garden and butterfly house and also went to the property that inspired the book Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.

Boyd made fast friends with local islanders Aiden and JJ on our down days at home. They played from sun up to sun down.  Blythe is patiently waiting for friends to find her and content with just hanging out with her massive collection of slime.

School continues to be a balance between classroon days and fieldtrip days.  We took the kids to the PEI national parc for a day of beach exploring and then drove through the island to the capital city of Charlottetown to explore. We found a bookstore to endulge the kids paycheck on new books. Boyd is obsessed with any book by Dav Pilkey and his reading has really progressed sans screen time.  Blythe has started a sea glass collection and has amassed a full bowl of it so far.

We walked the old city streets of Charlottetown where the delgates from the provinces met in the late 1700's to form the Canadian Confederation and sign their constitution.

We left the Island via ferry to Nova Scotia.  

We camped for three nights at West Halifax KOA. Halifax is historically a mariner community that has the Titanic story to tell.  We enjoyed walking downtown along the boardwalk, where we watched glass blowers make beautiful Halifax crystal, and experiencing the Titanic artifacts at the Maritime Mueseum.

Driving South from Halifax down the coast was worth the trip but ending up at infamous community of Peggy's Cove and her famous lighthouse was unexplainably beautiful.  The pictures almost do it justice as we spent three hours walking the boulders and taking in the sunset.

On our way back toward the States we decided to stay 3 nights in St. John, the oldest incorporated city in Canada.  The Rockwood Parc is the site of our campground and could have held us captive for another week had we chosen to stay longer due to its shear beauty and size.  The park is the 2nd largest city park in North America and was the influence for the largest one Central Park in NYC. The locals are proud of their historical significance.  We visited the longest running city market downtown for lunch and then headed out to explore the old downtown.  People have fled this town for others as the mariner jobs and economic crisis hit the city over the last twenty years. Irving industries is the big name in town and its billionaire founder was from here. We found an awesome mountain biking skills track in the park on our trail rides and both kids conquered fears, as did I, to attempt every skill there.  This place was so cool and the kids wanted to stay even after both had hard falls that brought tears.  My lack of health insurance had me nervous but all worked out perfect.

Back to the states soon!

Peace and Love