Ahoy from Nova Scotia!

Hi everyone. Thank you a million times over for sending email and posting comments on the blog; it is so nice to know you are out there!

Quite a busy couple of days. We left Maine on Wednesday and drove up the coast to New Brunswick, coming into St Stephen just over the border. St Stephen is home to Ganong candy, so we stopped there to buy a few things. It is nice to be in Canada again! Drove on to get to Fundy National Park (the highest tides in the world) and stayed at a national campsite. Went into "town" to get groceries, had the choice of spaghetti or macaroni for pasta. Chose spaghetti. Our friend Lori mentioned that the pace was slower here in the Maritimes; is it ever. It seems to me that there is a beat before people answer questions, and that everything moves just a l i t t l e more slowly here. I feel like a type A Wall Street person next to the locals.

Fundy is really beautiful...the tide was in when we first looked, but this morning was waaaaay out. We took the scenic route (the kids were THRILLED) to see a lighthouse at Cape Enrage, which was really beautiful. They did not design the road for trailers though, and it was bumpy and slow going. Dennis had to u-turn at one point, so he backed UP A HILL to turn around. We were all very impressed. (Actually, I was out of the car directing, and I could see the girls' panicked faces at the van windows...)

We then went on to Hopewell Rocks which are "flowerpot" rocks, shaped by the tides. Timed it perfectly to see them at low tide, where we ate local strawberries and fresh bread.

I have also begun taking photos of churches (United) as we drive along; the kids just roll their eyes and sigh.

Long day to make it all the way to our campsite in Sackville (Beth, there is a Frenchy's here which we hope to check out) in Nova Scotia. There are hideously large bugs here but it is not humid. Tomorrow we will go into Halifax, and then Sunday we head to PEI.

No more funny bathroom stories to share; sorry to disappoint everyone.