Nova Scotia 2002 trip by Ellen Foster

August 17th, 2002

A weeks vacation & two new wheels sitting in the garage. What's a girl gonna do? Why hit the road of course! Can't find anyone to go with? Don't let that stop you! That didn't stop me! So on August 3rd I headed out for Nova Scotia!

Everyone has told me the Maritimes are great and the people are even better. They were not wrong! Because I only had a week, I went through New York, Vermont and on into Maine, to cross at Calais/St Stephen New Brunswick. I needed to be at the St John ferry by 400pm Sunday, so I had to make Bangor Maine my first day. 887km's later, I pulled into Bangor. Slept well that night! Up & on the road by 730am Sunday. Route #9 across to Calais was great. Crossing through the mountains with not much traffic at that time of day, one could take a few liberties with the twisties.

Once in New Brunswick, I arrived at St. John in good time. Took the ferry to Digby , Nova Scotia. From Digby, I traveled to Yarmouth, Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, Peggy's Cove & onto Bedford. From there, I went to Truro, Parrsboro, Amherst & back into New Brunswick. The roads were not that bad at all, just enough to keep you entertained.

Like most people traveling through Nova Scotia, I hit my fair share of Heavy Fog & Rain a couple of days - Sure glad I had bought my new rain gear before leaving on this trip!!

MOST things were dry - just a little damp after 9 hours of rain. Like anything though, the more you do something the better you become at it. Even bad weather traveling.

New Brunswick was warmer & much DRYER! Amazing how cool the coastline can get. While in N.B. I was able to see the Hopewell Rocks at low tide. Just amazing!! Another interesting place I visited was the Letite Passage Lighthouse near Back Bay, N.B. At sunset, with over cast clouds, it was so quiet & peaceful. Made one forget about any problems one might have. Looking out to the ocean, one could feel real small in this world.

From New Brunswick I returned home via the U.S.A. again. Having never traveled much through Vermont or Maine, I didn't realize what great twistie roads they have through the mountains!! Would go back to the White Mountain Range in a heart beat!

Before I knew it, I was back in Kingston all to soon!! Just a little less than 4000km's. Did I have any problems - Not a one. Would I go alone again - You bet!! The only regret - too many roads & too many places to see with too little time!!!!!