End of trip

Total driven:  close to 7000 km

I am writing this post just to complete the blog. The last day in  Halifax we woke up very early and were on the road by 6:30 am (Halifax time).  We drove thru Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and we finally stopped at 11 pm NY time.  That was 17 hours of driving.   We found a hotel in Johnstown, NY and rested there.

The next day we drove 4 more hours to Niagara Falls, NY where we had lunch and then just an easy 1:30 hours to home.  We were there by 4 pm.

It was an amazing trip, probably the most expensive vacation we ever had.  Travelling in Canada is expensive but the places we visited and the people we met are unforgettable. We had a great time.

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Day 17 - Halifax

Driven today: 80 km
Total driven: 4991 km

As soon as we were ready we headed for downtown.  I managed too get a picture of the flag from Nova Scotia

We started at the citadel where we spent all morning

Brenda found  some friends

 We saw a musket demonstration

And took the tour

 We went thru the museum which has a lot of information on the two world wars

Some memorabilia from the Devil's Brigade, the first ever unit of Special Forces and served in WW II

 We walked a bit more arounf the fort

And then headed to the waterfront,  this is the HCMS Sackiville, the last surviving corvette of the Canadian Navy

 We walked and enjoyed the views

There were navy helicopters flying around all day

This guy came verry close to our table to have lunch with us

  And then I met Rei

This is a monument to the first settlers of this area, the Portuguese

The Canadian Navy docks in the distance

A tour tog converted to a cartoon character

We saw more Star Wars characters

And I met Elsa

A huge de luxe yatch

A monument to the extradition of the Acadians by the English

And we finished the day with Mass at the Basilica of St.  Mary

End of vacation, tomorrow we start on the way home

Days 15 & 16 - Travel to Halifax

Driven yesterdy and today 641 km
Total driven:  4911 km

In the morning we took our time.  We had to drive one and a half hours from St. John's to Argentia to take the ferry.  We found a provincial park on the way so we stopped at Butter Pot Hill park for a hike. Once there we followed the Pegwood Pond Trail. 

The park is very Newfoundland.  Lots of skinny evergreens, a few birch trees, lots of water everywhere, the pictures show boardwalks;  they were used to go over multiple swamps and perhaps bogs. The grond cover is mostly moss as in the pictures below

These white flowers ... are they from the moss?  who knows but provide a white ground cover very pretty

And then Brenda found blueberries.  We had to stop to eat a few of them.

 
Gorgeous day, blue sky,

And then we found red moss.  I have never seen that either

And that was pretty well our farewell to Newfoundland

Our ship was there, just waiting for us

Going into the ferry

This is the most expensive room we had in this vacation, double what any holiday inn costs and this was in addition to the ticket for the ferry and the fee for the car,  The lady told us, you don't get a TV but you get a window.

The halls are narrow and very long

And here we are leaving the coast of Newfoundland

We had a good night sleep, and next morning we had breakfast on board

Shortly after that we landed in North Sydney, Nova Scotia

This was our parking deck,we were at the front of the line

 And then on the road most of the day.

When we arrived to Halifax the rain had started so we stop at a Walmart to walk and after we went to the Atlanti Canada Aviation Museum.  It is a small museum but they have a nice collection.

There is Brenda demonstrating how to pilot a jet

This baby was (old) Trudeau plane when he was prime minister

And after that we went for a pizza dinner.  Tomorrow we spend the day in Halifax,