Vacation

We have always wanted to go to Nova Scotia and we finally did so last week. We only had a week so it was kind of a whirlwind trip. We flew out to Portland, Maine on Oct. 20th, rented a car and spent the night, then drove the loop around Acadia National Park. 10 years ago, we made a trip to New England to see the fall foliage and didn't make it to the park. Now we have our Golden Age pass and got in free! It was beautiful.

(I have so many photos from the trip, but I'll try not to overload you!) After Acadia, we drove into Canada and spent the night in St. John, New Brunswick. We drove to Whycocomaugh, Cape Breton the next day. We were afraid we might have missed the autumn leaves leaving so late in October, but this year they lasted until we left!

We drove the Cabot Trail around Cape Breton on Tuesday the 23rd. It was amazing!

We returned to Whycocomaugh that night and then drove to Halifax, NS Wednesday. These falls were on the way.

The next day, we drove around the southern tip of Nova Scotia-we saw so many beautiful places and met some lovely people.

We spent Thursday night back in the Halifax area and then headed back to Portland Maine Friday.  Saturday we were able to visit the Portland Head and Cape Elizabeth Lighthouses before we had to head for the airport. It was cold, wet and windy as we caught the season's first Nor'easter.

We got home about 11pm Saturday night. We enjoyed this wonderful trip so much, but there's no place like home!