We have been fortunate to travel some, most recently to eastern USA and Canada.
We thoroughly enjoyed beautiful Kingston located by the water and our tour of the old fort there with family. Then we drove through Montreal and the lower part of Quebec and stopped in Eustis Maine. The south east part of Quebec and the state of Maine are filled with beautiful landscape including mountains and lakes. The campsite we stayed at was called Cathedral Pines. The back drop was a mountain at the foot of which was the lake and the campsite. We enjoyed Kayaking there. We then trekked through Maine to Saint John, New Brunswick, our 3rd stop. This campsite was somewhat disappointing as it was basically like parking in a parking lot. We enjoyed Saint John, the zoo there, the market square by the harbour, shopping and the museum. A low light there was the reversing falls, which basically consists of 2 rivers fighting for control. They neutralise when the tide is up, which was when we arrived there in a down pour. Whippy, big deal, it was somewhat like watching a toilet flush. It actually is amazing if you watch the video clips, but to see the whole thing and the changes that take place while the tides change takes 6 hours. None of us had that kind of patience. While in Saint john we also toured St Martin (the caves), which is something to behold while the tide changes and we enjoyed the beautiful sites along the Fundy trail. Gorgeous hiking spots there!! We then went to stay with friends in NS. This was the highlight of our trip. On the way there we stopped at Magnetic Hill in Moncton NB. Another whippy tourist trap. Its an optical allusion that costs 5 bucks to see. You put the car in neutral at what looks like the bottom of a hill and are pulled uphill.....well actually you coast downhill...it just looks like uphill. They allow you to repeat this as much as desired. Once was enough for us. While in NS we thoroughly enjoyed fellowship with our friends, mini biking, 4 wheeling in the mud while the tide was out, milking cows the old fashioned way, beautiful Halifax, the gorgeous country side near Wolfville NS, mudding while the tide was out and the beach. Mudding was a blast. You basically body surf in the mud like you would slide down a snow hill. The beach too was great fun. The kids enjoyed building dyke's and then seeing if they would hold up against the incoming tide. From there we then went to our 5th stop, Baddeck NS. It's another gorgeous area with mountains and lakes. We toured the Alexander Bell Museum on a rainy day, spent time in the water side town of Badeck and spent a day on the amazing Cabbot trail. This runs along the coast which you can imagine provides quite the views. From there we ferried across to PEI. In Charlottetown we enjoyed the much hyped Cows ice cream, which lived up to the hype. We camped in Cavendish, a gorgeous area on the coast, toured the Anne of Green Gables home area, had fun in a water park and spent a day on the beach and in the sand dunes. We then crossed what seemed like the longest bridge ever into NB and stopped at the beautiful Hopewell Rocks. This is really something to experience while the tide changes. It's just stunningly beautiful there. There are many places to hike and if adventurous you can kayak along the coast. We then stopped at Fundy National Park another area with amazing sites and hiking trails. There the kids enjoyed swimming in a salt water pool overlooking the Fundy Bay. I had lobster there too while my family sat there with plugged noses and squeamish bellies. They don't like sea food. We then travelled back through Maine, enjoyed one night of camping there and then stopped near Grandby, Quebec where we enjoyed the Grandby zoo/waterpark. Our next stop after the longest drive of our trip was home and as much as we enjoyed this great trip, home is a special place to be again.
God created a beautiful world for us to enjoy.
When we look at the awesomeness of creation and know that heaven will be better, it's just simply awesome that by choice we can realise it.
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