We spent the evening in Saint John and viewed the reversing falls. You have to go to the interpretive center to really understand the falls and how they work and why they do what they do. Very interesting. We had to return the following day to the interpretive centre as we were to late in the day when we arrived.
Around noon we took off and headed towards Hopewell Rocks. This is a unique formation in the ocean and if you come at the right time you can walk between them on the ocean floor. Keeping in mind that the tide comes back in and you better make sure you aren't caught at the bottom.
We continued north and stopped at magnetic hill which I would not recommend spending the money on. But if you have children they have a type of amusement park which they would enjoy. We continued on to Confederation Bridge. Which was very surprising. In my mind I thought it would be a straight bridge. But there is a curve in it and it goes quite high. We spent the night in Summerside. In the morning we continued north towards Anne's Land as they called it. This where Anne of Green Gables grew up. We viewed the site and contined East along the shore. We were unfortunate to have rain that day so we didn't really get to go on some of the fabulous walks. We did attempt one between the showers and it was interesting to see the different fauna. The marsh birds etc. We crossed down to Charlottetown which was a very quaint city. We continued on our way to Wood Island where we stayed the night to catch the ferry early the next morning for Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island.
I would not suggest that anyone do the Cape Breton Island tour in one day. We overnited in Baddeck. Great sailing there. Wish we would have had more time I would have done some. They say you can do the Cape Breton Trail in the one day, but I think you miss lots by not stopping often and taking in the sights of the country. It is spectacular. We stayed overnite in Ingonish. They have some nice beaches here.
The next day we headed for Sydney we checked in and then drove over to Fortress of Louisbourg for a few hours. This would have been better to spend the day. As we were short on time we only had a few hours. But make it a stop if you are in the area and get there at a reasonable time so you can wander around and see everything and experience life back in the early days.
We spent the night in Sydney and saw the cruise port. Very impressive.
The following day we headed back towards Halifax along the ocean shores. We spent the evening in Liscomb. We enjoyed the trip and are sure to come back soon. I would highly recommend going to the Maritimes. Even in the spring the colors were varied and flowers everywhere.
We still have to make it to New Foundland as we ran out of time. I will let you know how that goes.
Flights were non stop from Edmonton - Halifax which I think is a bonus.
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