Travel date: July 6, 2018 Before this trip, Alexander Graham Bell, the Scottish-born inventor who later became a US citizen, might not have been the first person to spring to mind when I thought about Nova Scotia, Canada. But the Bell family built a summer estate on Cape Breton Island in 1885 and, by the […]
A Chilly Bike Ride to Lunenburg: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids
Travel date: July 2, 2018 On the day we planned a bike ride from Mahone Bay to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the weather app on my phone warned me of a heat advisory. So we left our jackets in the van and set off on our bike ride….only to spend the afternoon FREEZING in the drizzly, […]
Halifax has a Lot of Museums: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids
Travel dates: June 29-July 4, 2018 In retrospect, it’s possible that we stuffed too many museums into our couple of days in Halifax….but I’m sort of of the belief that there’s no such thing as too many museums. But there might be such thing as not enough Public Gardens, though…which is probably the thing I was […]
Rolling Down Hills and Drinking Beer in Annapolis Royal: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids
Travel dates June 26-29, 2018 Remember a few posts ago when I was telling you guys how completely charmed we were by Parrsboro, Nova Scotia? Yes, well, it’s possible I’m going to be saying the same kind of thing about a number of towns in Nova Scotia before I’m finished. We adored Annapolis Royal: I […]
Ross Farm: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids
We almost didn’t go to Ross Farm. It was raining and chilly, and we’d already visited Grand-pré that morning, so seriously considered calling it a day and just hanging out in the trailer. But I’d had my eye on Ross Farm since early in our Nova Scotia planning process–after all, Ingalls Homestead, another living history […]
A Rainy Visit to Grand-prè National Historic Site: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids
Travel dates: June 25, 2018 I love a good historic site (or even a mediocre historic site), but after you’ve done about a million of them in the US they can start to be a little repetitive. “Oh, look–a Civil War battle happened here, too.” I’m okay with repetition, but novelty is nice, too…and that’s what […]
Visiting Joggins Fossil Cliffs in Nova Scotia: An Unesco World Heritage Site
Travel date: June 23, 2018 The first time our tour guides called us all over to look at a 300 million year old fossil, everyone was awestruck. “Did he just find that right now…on the beach?” someone asked in wonder. But by the end of our beach walk these discoveries had become routine. We went […]
Hannibal, Missouri and Metropolis, Illinois: More College Road Trip Fun
Travel dates: November 16-21, 2018 Have I mentioned that I’ve become a bit of a college visit junkie? And to think I get to do this three more times! Our college road trips this year have given Ari and me a chance to see some cool things and spend some one on one time together […]
A Day in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia with Kids
I can’t remember exactly how the little town of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, right on the Bay of Fundy, made it onto our Atlantic Canada itinerary, but I’m glad it did. We loved the town, and it served as a perfect introduction to Nova Scotia for us. We spent three nights here, so we had two […]
Graceland : College Visit Road Trip Fun
Real time update here before we return to summer in New England: some of you will remember the soft spot in the trailer floor that we discovered just before leaving for our summer trip (like the day before). We found no obvious cause for it while we were gone, but a few days of heavy […]