I'm planning a trip to Nova Scotia early next week ... well, planning my not be the right word ... I'm taking a trip to Nova Scotia next week.
I don't have a route planned out, I don't have much idea of the layout of the land up there, I'm not entirely sure how I'm financing it yet, not sure what I'm packing yet, but I'm definitly going. I have to work this Tuesday thru Sunday so I'll either leave the following Monday, or perhaps Tuesday.
The high speed CAT ferry service was discontinued a year or two ago and I'm pretty disappointed that I never got to ride it, it was on my to-do list. Just goes to show what happens when you put things off. I'll have to take the long way up and around, although there is still a ferry that runs from St. John in Maine to Digby, NS, but it doesn't buy me any time as it's about 5 hours to take the ferry or to drive around. The only thing that would compel me to take the ferry is the chance to see a few whales. I'm undecided, which fits in perfectly with the program!
I originally thought about going all the way to Newfoundland. If I did that, it would be about 3,100 miles round trip, so I may cut that out and hit Prince Edward Island instead, which will put my trip between 2,000 and 2,500 miles. I figure that way I can hang out and see a few more sights while I'm up there. The only things that I'm doing for sure are walking on the ocean floor when the tide goes out in the Bay of Fundy (usually a 30 - 50 foot tide cycle) and camping on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. Can't remember what town the camp site was in, but I'm sure there are more than one as there is an abundance of coastline up there.
I'm also undecided about taking the SPOT tracker. I think I may - depends how much of a hassle it is to set up. Well, I suppose I do know how much of a hassle it is, cuz I did it last time. If I can just append to the map I already have, I probably will. SPOT has its own website that tracks onto a google map, but it doesn't save historical data, so I have to embed that into a website called Spotwalla, which does save the track, and then embed Spotwalla into this blog.
It's kind of funny - as I'm typing this my mind is a little bit distracted wondering where the next trip will be ....... I hear the Tennesse Blue Ridge mountains are a sight to see ... but then again, the Going to the Sun Road was closed when I was heading home late June, due to the fact that the 30 foot snow drifts were not completely plowed off the road yet ....
