Well, this is it..the final post of the Canadian Odyssey!! Another beautiful trip to known and unknown places! Hope everyone enjoyed the ride along with us, we sure had a great time. Not sure where our travels will take up next, but we will take you along.

We did make an unplanned stop in New Jersey on the return trip. We needed just one more visit with our girls, Catie (NYC) and Sarah (NJ). Catie spent Friday and Saturday camping with us, Sunday we spent in Princeton walking and enjoying the fall weather and beautiful old town.

Our "little" postscript is that our daughter Sarah is expecting a girl in late March. Catie kept us well updated on Sarah's developing belly! Mark didn't put up much of a fight when I asked him to re-route us through New Jersey for the return trip!

Come see us, we have lots of pictures to share!

October 6 - October 16

I will take the return trip to Georgia a little out of sequence!! We had alot of road time and a fair amount of rain! The high lights included a stop at Hungry Mother State Park in Virginia (no pics,too rainy!),and a stop at our friends,Sara and Don, who live outside Waynesville on a beautiful mountaintop! They even have a waterfall in the neighborhood.

October 6

One of our favorite Fall destinations when we lived in New Jersey was Millbook Village! We missed the annual Fall celebration but enjoyed having it all to our self on a beautiful Monday!

Sunday, October 5

We camped at the Lakota Wolf Preserve in North Western New Jersey.

October 4
Awosting Falls in the Minnewaska State park Preserve

Saturday ,October 4

Rock Climbers at Minnewaska State Park Preserve in upstate New York.

Friday October 3

These are the ski jumps used in the Lake Placid Olympics. Not quite the same without snow!

Thursday ,October 2 / Friday October 3

This is a picture of Whiteface mountain ,in the Adirondack Mountains. It snowed up there over night!

Monday 9/28 – Wednesday 9/30

Monday was spent in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We arrived late Sunday afternoon and had enough time to tour the Mt. Washington Hotel (c.1902). It is a beautiful piece of history.








Tuesday morning was cold but no rain! This would be a perfect day for the ride up the 8 mile Mt. Washington Auto Road. The road is barely 2 lanes wide and is steep. The view is constantly changing from the base of the mountain to the top. Once you reach the top you will have fleeting periods when you are not cloud shrouded! You discover on the way down that you didn’t see all the views.
We finished the day with a couple of short hikes to Crystal Cascade and Glen Ellis Falls, both at Pinkham Notch.








Today (Wednesday) we get the rain coupled with 40 degree temperatures! But…the fun MUST go on!! As we drove to Franconia Notch our hopes were not high. Once again we were reminded that mountain weather has its own rules. As we approached the Flume Trail, the rain became a light mist. We enjoyed our hike to the Flume and Avalanche Falls.
As we drove to our next destination, The Kancamagus Highway, the rain cleared (but the temperature didn’t get above 47). The fall colors are alive and well on the “Kanc”! 34 miles of beautiful scenery, hiking opportunities and history. Dusk comes early up here (like 5:30pm!), so we didn’t hike as much as we would have liked. We did walk to one more waterfall, Sabbaday Falls.

Wednesday 9/23 – Saturday 9/26
A MUCH easier border crossing! A few questions, a peek into the trailer and we were on our way. We have decided to head to Acadia National Park. After a late lunch in Eastport, (yes, one more lobster roll!), we set up camp in Cobscook State Park (we stayed here on the way north). We were able to camp right on the water this time. What a beautiful view we had out the front door.

We were not sure we would be able to get a campsite in Acadia National Park, but we were lucky! It has been 30 years since we camped in Acadia, so it was a re-introduction. Our first hike was on a ranger led tour of the Bridges of Rockefeller’s Carriage Road. This is 57 miles of automobile free roads. Our tour focused on 2 of the 17 granite faced bridges. Great tour!

We next drove to the summit of Cadillac Mountain. It was a very windy, cold day. We spent very little time walking (really, being blown around) outside. I did get a few decent pictures.

Saturday morning we walked to the shore of Otter Cove (just a short distance from the campground). Mark found a fishing shack that appears to be privately owned, but in the park. He also took a great picture of one of the granite faced bridges.

We lunched in Bar Harbor, joined by the passengers of two cruise boats that were in port!!

Tuesday 9/22

We spent last night in the Evangeline Beach Campground. It is named after the fictional character upon which Longfellow based his poem Evangeline. The poem tells of the deportation of the Acadians from Nova Scotia. We visited the Grand Pre National Historic Site which is dedicated to archiving the history of the deportation.The grounds we beautiful.
We finally stopped at a vineyard!! I think this might be the best vineyard tour I have ever taken. We were “forced” to taste a least 6 wines, while walking through the vineyard. Tough day.
We are reaching the end of our days in Canada. We plan on crossing the border tomorrow mid-day. Canada has been fun, friendly, educational, and above all beautiful!

Monday 9/21

It is time to leave Keji. We are off to Annapolis Royale for a quick tour of another French fort taken over by the British on several occasions!! This is a very pretty town. We easily walked it and caught a nice picture of the opposite bank of the Annapolis River. The locals told us that we could not leave the area without going to Digby and having the BEST scallops anywhere. We went and we agree! Digby also has a very busy harbour. We watched a fishing boat crew working on the nets while we ate our scallops. Another beautiful sunset and it is time to call it a day!

Friday, September 18 – Sunday September 20

We arrived late Friday afternoon at Kejimkujik National Park. We set up camp and called it a day!

Saturday was alternately rainy, windy and cold! We decided to backtrack to a small town fair in Caledonia. The weather cooperated and we were able to watch horse pulls, a contest with men AND women cutting wood with every saw known to man, and of course we ate fair food. In this area that would be fish and chips and church-lady pie! It was delish!

Sunday gave us sun, at last! The temperature got to about 64 degrees, so we hit the trails. We started at Peter’s Point. Mills Falls was next. It was a combination of falls and rapids. The Beech Grove Trail gave us a pretty peek at some fall color. The last picture I call “Run, Forrest, Run!”, because that is what that deer is doing!

Wednesday September 17

We are seeing some early signs of fall as we cross the Sydney bridge.
We are now making our way toward Kejimkujik (Keji) National Park in the southwest part of Nova Scotia.
We stopped in route to Keji at Peggy’s Cove and visited the historic lighthouse. During the summer months the lighthouse acts as post office for the village of Peggy’s Cove. They also have a quaint harbor to serve their 43 full year round citizens. I have included an evening view from our campsite at Peggy’s Cove.

Tuesday 9/13 and Wednesday 9/15

We are now going down the South Coast of Nova Scotia. We stayed in the town of Louisbourg and visited the Louisbourg Fortress. This is a fortress that the British defeated twice (1745 and 1758). The second time they destroyed the fort. Lucky for us, the French had a complete copy of the plans in France! They were able to rebuild to original specifications.

Sunday 9/13

Time to break camp and move up the road to Cape North. While we were packing we discovered that the campers in the site behind us were from Orange Park, Florida!! Go figure….2400miles from home and someone from the same general area!
We stopped at MacIntosh Brook..yep..another waterfall!!
We set up camp and headed for Neil’s Harbor for what is supposed to be the best chowder around. The chowder was great and the view wasn’t too bad either. Mark spotted another eagle! Oh…see the man to Mark’s left?? From Atlanta. Is there anyone at home in the south?
We then drove to what is referred to as the “Top of the Island”. The terminus of our drive was Meatcove. I promise, I didn’t make that up! This is as far north as you can drive in Nova Scotia and the last 5 miles are not paved. The views were well worth the dirve.