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July 25, 2016
As the excitement of driving over the Confederation Bridge diminished, time came to create our New Brunswick plan. It didn’t seem easy because New Brunswick’s nickname is the “Drive Through Province.” What does it actually have to offer? Should we just drive through? It would help us catch up to our planned schedule. We didn’t […]
July 21, 2016
The Northcumberland Ferry took us from Nova Scotia to PEI first thing in the morning (we didn’t want to miss a thing!). The ride was smooth and short, especially compared to the 12 and 16 hours overnight rides to and from Newfoundland! We slowly started driving around the island counterclockwise. We stopped at OM Soap […]
July 21, 2016
We love hearing about cool places to visit, so we also ask fans what we should go check out. While we can’t make it to all the suggested spots, we do try our best to check as many off the list as we can. When Jan from A for Adventure suggested stopping in to Mount […]
July 16, 2016
As we traveled through Atlantic Canada we would often ask people we met for beta on bike trails in their province. We often heard similar answer. “There’s a few trails here, but PEI has some amazing riding!” This got us pretty excited for PEI until we would ask the following question; “What trails, where are they?” […]
July 13, 2016
When we left Lawrencetown NS last week, I got out of the water and strapped our boards to the roof of the van thinking about how it would be my last time surfing until we hit the west coast. Sure PEI, Newbrunswick and Gaspesie QC area get a bit of surf, but the likelihood is low. […]
July 9, 2016
Nova Scotia welcomed us like she had been waiting for us all year! Blue sky, warm sun, warm days and cool nights. It’s like she wanted us to stay forever…and we almost did. We got off the ferry in North Sydney on June 19th pretty excited to discover this beautiful place. Both John and I […]
July 9, 2016
Before leaving Halifax, we were invited out for a group paddle with Canoe Kayak Nova Scotia, led by Marc Richard. The group met at the start of the Shubenacadie Canal. The canal offers easy access to the water and is very sheltered from the wind. It was a great choice for a group paddle as […]
July 9, 2016
July 4, 2016
We have been on the east coast for a while and have been doing quite a bit of paddling. While John is fairly experienced, I am still new at this. John has tried to teach me proper paddling technique, but learning from your partner is not always easy. Sometimes, it might just be easier to […]