Tag: Hopewell Rocks

Single Older Woman – Cdn Vacations – Outings #7 -East Coast 2018

August 2018

I recognize that I’m bouncing back and forth with my dates and my trips from the last few years. There is a method to my madness ( one of my favourite sayings) and these posts will make more sense as I expand on my adventures. I’ll need to segue to other topics as, soon my beach swimming posts will be complete.

This post is about the trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI, with my BFF. I would complete the beaches in New Brunswick and PEI.

Stacey and I only had 4 full days of exploration time during this trip. We arrived by train in Moncton, NB on the Monday and would return to Ontario, via Air Canada flight on the Friday.

So with so little time available to us and so much time needed for driving, we visited the following places:

Magnetic Hill Winery, we drove backward up the Magnetic Hill (which the blue beast did all on its own!), we visited Hopewell Rocks after the tide had left, we toured Halifax and visited the Titanic Museum (which had personal significance for her), we visited the Pier 21 Immigration Museum, I swam at Singing Sands Beach and Parlee Beach and we even visited a lady in PEI who taught us how to make bracelets with sea stones. We spent an hour in Charlottetown and for dinner we tried the infamous Donair pizzas. I drove across the Confederation Bridge from Nova Scotia to PEI and then back again, while Stacey took pictures of the stunning sunset as it settled over the water on either side of the bridge.

As we made out way into Nova Scotia, we stopped in at the Visitor Centre and asked for directions to the town where Viola Desmond was born. Alas, no time to make that journey.

Pier 21 Immigration Museum
Magnetic Hill Winery New Brunswick
Hopewell Rocks, Bay of Fundy

Thank you for reading and for letting me share.

Joye

Single Older Woman – Canada is breathtaking – travelling alone

Feb 13, 2022

Thoughts and ideas fill my head as inspiration for my next post. I hope you will enjoy reading some or all of them.

I hear time and again from writers, bloggers, authors, etc – to be serious about writing, you have to write everyday. It doesn’t matter what you write, JUST WRITE.

Well I’m doing just that… I started this journey in 2016 and I’ve posted 52 entries. I’ve set a new goal for myself – by June, I will have 100 entries posted. Frankly I’m not too sure what I’ll be sharing with you but as long as there is one person out there, reading my blog, I’ll post on my blog. Thank you.

It occurred to me, that as I’ve traveled across Canada, I hadn’t really taken the time to appreciate and marvel at the beauty of our country. In 2017, I spent a lot of time driving while in Manitoba and did not have enough days to really explore the province. In 2018 with my BFF in the passenger seat, she made sure to take lots of pictures. Again, we only had 4 full days and a lot of the time we spent driving. In 2019, lots of driving and solitary time in the SUV while in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Now don’t get me wrong – I have seen some really neat things:
Manitoba – Holland (MB), Riding Mountain National Park, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Canadian Mint, Selkirk, Gimli, etc.

Nova Scotia – Pier 21, Titanic Exhibit,

New Brunswick – Magnetic Hill, Magnetic Hill Winery, Hopewell Rocks,

PEI – drove across the Confederation Bridge, a walk through Charlottetown,

Saskatchewan – Lake Manitou, Stone Hall Castle ( Regina), the Crooked Bush,

Alberta – Devonshire Beach, West Edmonton Mall.

In the summer of 2021- I drove from Mississauga to Leamington, then north to Goderich, then north to Owen Sound and swam at Sauble Beach. More on this trip to follow.

This summer I have 3 weeks of vacation booked and will be heading back to the East Coast.

I will see more, do more, drive more and take in as many of the sights as is humanly possible, while ensuring I sleep and eat in between…hahahaha..

Stay tuned.

Thank you for reading and for letting me share.

Joye