Aug 2, 2012 - Rainy Day Wandering

It has been raining now for 3 days. Although I understand that the farmers are in desperate need of rain, I wish there were some way to just deposit the wet stuff on their fields and leave the coast roads open for my wandering and photographic pleasure. (Yeah, I know ~ waaa-waaa-waaa!) Today I had to make a trip over to Five Islands to pick up my mail, so I decided to have a “museum day”. I headed into Parrsboro to the Fundy Geological Museum. As museums go it was pretty small, but very informative. Some of the fun factoids I picked up: ...

Jul 25, 2012 - Farewell to Five Islands

My time at Five Islands has come to an end. The workamper job here has been problematic from the beginning but I have been trying to make the best of the situation in order to honor my commitment. However, working conditions have deteriorated to the point that I am no longer willing to continue. I submitted my resignation this morning. Although I have offered to finish out the work week, it is very possible that the owners will change their mind about that later. Knowing that this could be my last day in Five Islands, I decided to take a...

Jul 22, 2012 - Not Since Moses

Today was the day for the Not Since Moses Race ~ a charitable event to benefit schools in the Five Islands area. The owner of Dick’s Island conceived the idea for the race because the dramatic Fundy tides reminded him of the Bible story of Jesus parting the sea for Moses and his followers. The race is run in the mud at extreme low tide so the runners have time to complete the course before the water returns. There were over 1200 runners registered for today’s race and it felt like they were all staying with us (they weren’t). The campground...

Jul 14, 2012 - Island Boat Ride

Good fun on the water today!! I was able to make arrangements with one of the local fishermen to take me and a couple of my workamper buddies for a ride around the Five Islands. It was a perfect day ~ bright sunshine, blue skies, puffy white clouds and just a gentle breeze. We had some concerns about getting chilled on the water, but my windbreaker rode in the bow of the boat all morning. We left from the floating wharf in the village of Five Islands at high tide and slipped out of the cove, giving us a close-up view of the peninsula of...

Jun 13, 2012 - Five Islands Village

Today I decided to drive east of the park to see the village of Five Islands. Five Islands is a provincial village that consists, essentially, of homes and farms on either side of the road that runs through it. They don’t even have a traffic light. There are 3 restaurants, a small market and a house with a sign out front that says you can buy fresh eggs there after 6 p.m. daily. There are a couple of side roads that sometimes lead to a cluster of houses, but basically “what you see is what you get”. The single church only holds services...

Jun 11, 2012 - Five Islands Ocean Resort & RV Campground

Spent my first morning in paradise trying to get a handle on life in rural Nova Scotia. What I have found so far is that telephone service here is extremely unreliable and that the good folks at Verizon were blowing smoke when they told me that my unlimited text and picture message capability would be unaffected by my change of location. It turns out that I can neither send nor receive picture messages and there is a limit on the text messages that I can use. Fortunately, I think my texting limit is set high enough that it should not be a...

Jun 10, 2012 - Nova Scotia

Another beautiful morning and I’m back on the road. Having been warned of the hefty fuel prices in Canada, my first destination is the service station down the road from the campground where I fill up the bus. The Canadian border is only five miles away and about halfway there I realize that, in my haste to get going, I have forgotten to retrieve my passport from the fire safe in the rear closet of the bus. There is nowhere to stop on the highway so I enter the border crossing wearing my best “poor pitiful” face and explain my predicament...

Oct 4, 2011 - Touring Five Islands...

Greetings from the Maritimes....the girls and I are having a really nice time. We picked up Elva at the ferry in St John, NB about 7PM Monday evening. We drove down to a really pretty little town called St. Martin. It is right on the Bay of Fundy, of course. We had a nice place to park with a really nice view. Tuesday the girls just lounged around and had wine and read books. My favorite nap spot is under Gypsy, so that is pretty much what I did all day. We did all go for a walk uptown to snoop around. There are some really lovely homes...

Aug 31, 2010 - Five Islands, NS

Aug 31, 2010 – Five Islands, Nova Scotia – Five Islands Ocean Resort We had a nice drive to Nova Scotia since we again had some very nice weather. The route the campground suggested to get here was very scenic, but once we saw Five Islands we just had one word – Wow! This is one beautiful shore line. We are located between Parrsboro and Truro. This side of Nova Scotia is also affected by the Bay of Fundy and the low versus high tide is very impressive. From our campground you can look out at the 5 islands and the bay beyond. We drove down...

Aug 16, 2010 - Bye-Bye Canada!

We will be leaving in the morning, heading for Maine. Thanks for your warm welcome and awesome hospitality!! The Maritime Province is beautiful and the people are the best! We made a lot of new friends, we will miss you much. Special thanks to Wayside RV in Glen Margaret. We felt like we were at home.

Aug 13, 2010 - Parrsboro & More

We are having problems with our WiFi, so this will be a fast one. I will add more pictures when we have better connections. We visited the small town of Parrsboro and the the Lower Five Islands area. The tides are amazing here. You can see people digging for clams when the tide is out, and walking on the bottom of the ocean. When the tide comes back in, you can fish right off the bank in front of our campsite. It is a really cool place. We bought some bait and plan to see if we can catch a Striped Bass, they have to be 27 inches in order to...

Jul 17, 2010 - Lower Five Islands, NS - Diamond Shores Campground

It was an uneventful, 99 mile, two-hour drive down to Lower Five Islands, NS from Shediac, NB on Friday. We are staying at the Diamond Shores Campground right on the Bay of Fundy, opposite the Five Islands. The camp sites are very tight but the views are magnificent! We have full hookups but no WiFi and very poor cell coverage. DirecTV works great as I am still able to get a signal in the low 80s unless it’s raining. I expect this entry will not get posted until after we have left here and found a campground with WiFi. The high tides in the...