Friday, July 10, 2009 – Day 36


We had lots of driving ahead of us and so we wanted to get an early start to the driving ahead of us. We wanted to visit Cape Spear and a fishing village on the East coast but our plans were quickly changed as we started to drive away. As we were pulling out for the day, the rear tire of the RV went over a curb.

I looked back and as we went over the curb I saw a burst of air blasting out from the area around the rear tire. I slowly got out expecting to see a completely flat tire but was surprised as it only looked slightly flat. This was definitely not how we wanted to start out the day.
...

Thursday, July 9, 2009 – Day 35


I slept great in my lower bunk on the ferry to Newfoundland. I don't know if it was because I was soooo tired or if it was because the ferry rocked me to sleep but I had a nice deep sleep.

We had plenty of time to sleep in as we were not scheduled to arrive in Newfoundland until 1pm. We took our time in the morning and I was happy to see that I was able to use the internet on my laptop to catch up on posting blogs and photos to our online adventure. Although the internet connection is touch and go (disconnects frequently) I had plenty of time so my hour of work took about 3 hours to complete....

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 – Day 34

We had to get up early for the 1.5 hour drive from Port Hawkesbury to Sydney, Nova Scotia. We had an appointment to meet with CBC radio (English) and CBC Television (French) for interviews. It was a very scenic drive to Sydney and we managed to get lots of great photos on the drive. It was a beautiful sunny day (the first in some time we were told) and so we enjoyed every moment of it.

On CBC Radio and TV
We first headed to CBC's office in Sydney where we were invited in.

The plan was to have a few of us in the interview room while the others listened. When the person doing our...

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 – Day 33

With little time to see Halifax we decided that we would focus on the historic sites of The Citadel and Pier 21. Although our plan was also to drive the 45 minutes to see the fishing town of Peggy's Cove, we ran out of time before the day was over due to a late start.

Incident at the Citadel – My Back!
The Citadel was a historic site I will not soon forget... not because of the tour or history of this landmark that has protected the port of Halifax for over 2 centuries (and was never attacked due to the stronghold that it was), but because this is where I pulled some muscles in my back as I leaned over to pick up my 2 year old.
...

Monday, July 6, 2009 – Day 32

Nova Scotia greets you with Highway tolls. As we drove from Moncton to Halifax we were greeted with the traditional provincial welcome sign.

Of course we had to stop for a photograph by the billboard and inland lighthouse that greeted us. The next greeting came an hour or so later when we saw a sign saying, “Highway Toll Ahead”. Yes, the main route to Halifax had a $5.25 (for motorhomes) highway toll. Nova Scotia greets visitors with Highway Tolls. There were no visible alternate roads for us to take so we were kind of stuck. Unfortunately only cash is accepted so we had to raid our kids' piggy banks to find...