THE START OF A NEW JOURNEY - CANADIAN MARITIMES PART TWO- 2013

This new format might be a little more user friendly.  Just click anywhere on the post, and the entire article and photos can be read.  This year I have a new camera and hope to take a lot more, and hopefully better, pictures for your enjoyment. I would love your feedback.

Off we go!

Wednesday, June 12^th 2013

Last summer, if you remember, we called it quits after 2 ½ months on the road touring Ottawa, Quebec, The Gaspe Peninsula, and a glorious month in Newfoundland.  We decided we would return this year, as planned, to thoroughly enjoy New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. We intend to slow down and “smell the roses”, without any schedules to meet other than Halifax’s International Tattoo the first week of July.

We spent the last several weeks taking care of any maintenance needed on the motorhome, and making our Florida house “Hurricane ready”.  The freezer in the RV is packed with all sorts of organic meats and chicken which we surprisingly were not able to find in Canada last year.  We are able to bring 20 pounds of each over the border, and it will be close.

How nice!  Holes in the barrier for Turtle Crossings!

Well, finally the date of departure has arrived, and we took off at 11:07 heading for our overnight destination of Golden Isles RV Park in Brunswick, Georgia.  It had everything we needed.  50 amp electrical, water and sewer hookups, plus the bonus of cable TV as well. Sites were level and even with a decent amount of space between them.  TV was a priority for Norm since his hometown hockey team, The Boston Bruins, are in the Playoffs. They unfortunately lost their first game against the Chicago Black Hawks enduring many hours of overtime, finally ending after 1:00 AM.

When we arrived it was pretty close to 100 degrees F. The motorhome had difficulty battling the sun beating off the aluminum box, so we decided to go check out St. Simon Island. I really wanted to go walk in the ocean.

Norm installing new shade in 20 seconds.  Blocks the sun
and people can no longer see in!  Awesome!

It was so hot it took the tow car about 15 minutes to get cool.  I can’t say I have experienced this kind of beating heat before.  I am glad we are heading north, but wish we had done it 2 days sooner.  Last year we were able to stay 1 day ahead of the extreme heat when we went north, and 1 day ahead of the frost on the return.  We were so lucky!  As long as we stay out of the way of a tornado, I will be happy. (well, not really, I hate the heat.)

The beach was very lovely, so we were very surprised there were not more people there.
Next time we will have to bring chairs, books
and a picnic!

Underwater metal detector?

Norm and I decided to eat out since it was just too hot to cook.  We found a restaurant that was the favorite of the locals, and we totally agree!  Crabdaddy’s Seafood Bar and Grill.  The PEI mussels were recommended as was the unbelievable Crab Soup!  Best I have ever had, and I now wish I got another cup of soup “to go “. I will be dreaming about that soup for years to come.