Road to Anne’s house…..
September 2022 The biggest draw for including Prince Edward Island on our adventures had to have been my life long love of Anne of Green...
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laurellakemcguire
- Dec 7, 2022
- 1 min
Southern beaches, full of rocks.
August 2022 Nova Scotia beaches serve multiple purposes for us - they usually contain interesting rocks for Jim and are often deserted,...
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laurellakemcguire
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
French Coast
Aug-Sept. 2022 The history of the Acadians (French settlers hundreds of years ago and the peoples from whom the Cajuns of Louisiana...
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laurellakemcguire
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
Rainy day north to Annapolis Royal
Aug-Sept.2022 As mentioned in the previous blog, one of our day trips from Mavilette beach was north to Annapolis Royal. The area first...
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laurellakemcguire
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
Mavilette Beach among new friends
Aug-Sept. 2022 Way back in the winter days planning this trip I had run across a listing for Mavilette Beach. I described a small amount...
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laurellakemcguire
- Nov 11, 2022
- 2 min
Taylor Head Provincial Park
August 2022 Another day trip from Sackville NS was to this coastal park north of Halifax. The drive there was scenic and had some of...
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laurellakemcguire
- Nov 11, 2022
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Cape Split on a lovely summer’s day….
August 2022 Another day trip from Halifax came from Jim’s geology books which recommended the coast around Cape Split. The drive there...
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laurellakemcguire
- Oct 21, 2022
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Peggy’s Cove, Lunenburg and the scenic coast
August 2022 Our campground near Halifax was a good location for exploring the very scenic but much visited eastern coast. Peggy’s Cove is...
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laurellakemcguire
- Oct 21, 2022
- 7 min
Digging for roots in Sackville and Halifax, Nova Scotia
August 2022 (I inserted quotes from my Granny’s (Lillian Smeltzer Lake) memoir throughout) Halifax area warranted a full week for me as...
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laurellakemcguire
- Oct 17, 2022
- 3 min
Of Mines and Beer……Two Harvest Hosts in two days
August 2022 As we shifted down to the main part of Nova Scotia we did so by way of two Harvest Host stops. the first was the Cape Breton...
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laurellakemcguire
- Oct 17, 2022
- 3 min
Cabot Trail redux plus a French fortress.
August 2022 There are several interesting golf courses in the area and Jim made a tee time for the on in Ingonish right by the Keltic...
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laurellakemcguire
- Oct 17, 2022
- 4 min
Cape Breton….sunny beaches and moody grandeur…..
August 2022 Our base for most of the time in Cape Breton was the KOA, tucked under an excavated cliff by a bridge. There were the...
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laurellakemcguire
- Sep 29, 2022
- 2 min
Terra Nova and Bonnavista
August 2022 Our site in the Newman campground of this park was more reminiscent of national park campgrounds in the western us. Sandy...
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laurellakemcguire
- Sep 28, 2022
- 4 min
Witless Bay on the Avalon Peninsula
August 2022 When I booked our site at the Celtic Rendezvous By The Sea back in the winter before our big trip the communication that...
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laurellakemcguire
- Sep 27, 2022
- 3 min
Robert’s Arm extends a welcome
August 2022 After a one night in Berry Hill, mentioned in the Gros Morne posts, we drove to Crescent Lake Campground in Robert’s Arm....
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laurellakemcguire
- Sep 27, 2022
- 3 min
Labrador bound
End of July 2022 For weeks we had wondered if we were up for the challenge of adding Labrador in to our itinerary. I had reservations at...
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laurellakemcguire
- Sep 27, 2022
- 5 min
L’Anse aux Meadows - echos of Vikings and ancient ones.
July 2022 I had wanted for years to visit this site where evidence of Viking occupation had been found. We headed north and our first...
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laurellakemcguire
- Sep 26, 2022
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Gros Morne part two
July 2022 Despite it being a good hour plus over to the other side of the bay we braved it one more time to do the Green Gardens Trail....
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laurellakemcguire
- Sep 26, 2022
- 4 min
Gros Morne part one……
July 2022 We had reservations at the Gros Morne/Norris Point Koa and found it to be centrally located - which in the huge expanse of the...
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laurellakemcguire
- Sep 26, 2022
- 4 min
Rose Blanche Lighthouse and rambles in the rocky wild…..
July 2022 The day after The French Ancestors trip I convinced Jim to do our other longer day trip and it turned out to be a favorite....
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