Belongings, beaches and back tweaks…

by | Jun 30, 2019 | Uncategorized

Finally…. After leaving our belongings behind two months ago in Mexico, we were reunited last week – but not without incident. Nothing is ever simple! We received a telephone call from the shipping agent the Friday before last with instructions for us to go to Canada...
Yikes! What is with the Nova Scotia air?

Yikes! What is with the Nova Scotia air?

by | Jun 4, 2019 | Uncategorized

Well, I never imagined hypothesizing about ‘being awake’ – but here I am! Is it the Atlantic influence, the stars, or some other unknown phenomenon that’s waking us up bright-eyed and bushy tailed… AT DAWN! Yep, since we arrived in the house five days hours ago...

The joys of house hunting – Part 2

by | May 2, 2019 | Uncategorized

So – after forgetting to post my last blog for several days, a lot’s happened in the intervening period, and my house-hunting mojo’s back! 😀 Following another fruitless day of property viewing in the Annapolis Valley – and, for sure, we did find one house that had...

The joys (or not) of house hunting

by | May 1, 2019 | Uncategorized

(Apologies for writing this a week ago and then forgetting to post it – some of these events have now been overtaken and an exciting update will follow in the next day or two…. Apologies also for no pics – they will come next time.) Well, after our marathon...

Home…. Finally

by | Apr 16, 2019 | Uncategorized

Before I begin, a thousand thanks to all our Canadian friends who welcomed us ‘home’ today, even before I’d posted that we’d crossed the border, which happened at 3:00 this afternoon, having clocked 5,230 kilometres. Yay! Wonderfully cheerful and helpful customs guy,...

Nine states, and we wind up in The Hamptons!

by | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized

Yep – since leaving Virginia this morning we’ve passed through West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts… ending in New Hampshire. It’s been a very long day and it was the first time our efforts to find a hotel were...

One time zone, two states

by | Apr 14, 2019 | Uncategorized

After a tough day yesterday when we both crashed, we were in bed by 9:00 and up at 5:45 this a.m., when it was already daylight. It’s surprising how different the daylight hours are the farther north we travel. Without harking on about the galloping obesity in the US,...

Wot ya’ll doin’ in Tennessee

by | Apr 13, 2019 | Uncategorized

It’s been a day of roadworks, with a long delay through Nashville that kept us short of our destination hotel in Knoxville – but no reservation to worry about so slipped into a dog-friendly Quality Inn in Crosseville. It seems that every other town east of Nashville...