Friday, October 23, 2009

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio...


After arriving back at mainland Nova Scotia, we made our way south, to Halifax. Here we were happy to meet up with Roscoe, an old university classmate and roommate of mine. He gave us the grand tour of the city (during which we completely forgot to take any photos), and then we went out for a couple of drinks at a pub downtown. It was great catching up on what we'd each been up to since seeing each other in person last, about 5 years ago.


Roscoe and I in Halifax


The next morning, we headed out to Peggy's Cove to catch the sunrise. It was quite spectacular. I'm glad we got out there early in the morning though - as we were leaving they were setting up the parking lot for coach busses full of cruise ship passengers, about 8 or 10 of which we passed on the highway headed there.


Sunrise at Peggy's Cove

Early morning light at Peggy's Cove

More early morning light at Peggy's Cove


From Peggy's Cove, we headed across Nova Scotia to the Bay of Fundy, and into New Brunswick. At the head of the bay is Hopewell Rocks, where the world's highest tides are very apparent. When we first got there, it was just a couple of hours after high tide. Since the tides run about 12 hours between high and low, the water level was pretty high. We hiked around in the rain for a bit, then went back to the van and cooked up some dinner. We returned to the same spot just over 2 hours after our original visit, and the tide had gone way down. We were able to walk out on the mud flats where just a couple of hours earlier there had been 6-8 feet of water. It's really something neat to see, even in the rain.


Hopewell Rocks a few hours after high tide

The same spot 2 hours and 9 minutes later

Meghan and the flower-pot rocks

More flower-pot rocks


At this point it the sun was setting on a Wednesday night, and Meghan's two sisters were both planning on being at home in Ohio for the weekend, so we decided to make a push on the driving so we could be there too. We drove as far as the New Brunswick/Maine border, and stopped for the night just after crossing. Thursday we drove through Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and into Pennsylvania (it sounds like a lot, but they're mostly little states). Friday we got up and drove through Pennsylvania and Ohio, and arrived at Meghan's parents' place mid-afternoon, much to her mom's surprise.


Family photo with the whole gang


We planed to spend just the weekend in Ohio, but the weather at our next destination was poor, and Meghan came down with a cold, so we opted to just hang out in Ohio for a few extra days. Finally the weather cleared, as did Meghan's symptoms, so off we went, to West Virginia…




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