Sister Act 1

It seems like whenever we get together with my sister, it is a holiday and everything is just generally crazy or we meet somewhere in the middle for dinner and time is always too short for a really good visit. Well, we got in a really good visit with my sister, Lynnette and brother in…

Upstate New York

I am in love with the upstate New York area, especially Lake George. What a cool place and a throw back to the slower vacation days of lazing in a hammock drinking lemonade. The nickel tour by Sandy and Gary Wensley included driving tours of Lake George and Saratoga Springs, drinks and charcuterie on the…

Second Home

Twin Lakes is our second home, filled with lifelong friends, lots of laughter, fabulous meals, a hypnotic lake view, and lots of wine! The days are long and slow; the biggest decision to be made all day is red or white. The mis-Management of Donna and Ted adds to the charm…everything is calm and takes…

Nova Scotia

Wow, had we know how beautiful Nova Scotia was we would have planned to stay longer. if you like the looks of stony beaches lined by mile high pines….well, NS is the place! Around every bend was another beautiful wild scene.   We would go back to Nova Scotia in a heartbeat…New Brunswick, not so…

Peggy’s Cove

A drive through Halifax and southward to Peggy’s Cove was longer than anticipated. A couple of times we thought of bagging it but drove onward….so glad we did! What a cool place! The second you pass by the sign that tells you it is a preservation district, the landscape changes from one of grassy rolling…

Table for Two

The walk to the wharf was short, several minutes at best; the road paved, the scenery drop dead gorgeous. We strolled past several fishing village huts and walked up to the first door we saw that was open. The catch was in and being weighed and sorted. “Got any to sell?” “Sure…how big?” “you pick”….

Rivers of Mud

A huge portion of New Brunswick (and Nova Scotia, too) are affected by the tides of the Bay of Fundy. When the tides are out, the riverbeds reveal their underbellys of deep chocolate mud. They almost look glacial except for the color. The flow of the water carves the mud into hills and gorges and…

Bay of Fundy

It is hard to explain the feeling you get while walking on the ocean floor….when there is no water there! Hopewell Rocks in the Bay of Fundy is an experience that makes you realize that you are a speck in this universe….the power and majesty of nature is the star of the show. The tides…

beep, ditty beep….NEWS FLASH…beep, ditty beep

News Flash! This just in from New Brunswick, Canada. There are no more moose nor lobster in New Brunswick. The province is in chaos! Actually, it is true….there are no Moose in NB. We have driven hundreds of miles on highways that have “Attention Moose Next 10 miles” signs and small back roads, even some…

Coastal Capers

Visits with a couple of Buzz’s high school buddies in the Boston area were fabulous! So fun to catch up with old friends….Buzz and Danny and Joe have been friends since elementary school! Joe is a serious skeet shooter (he even loads his own shells) so we got to tag along and he gave great…