Sept 27 - Sept 29 We have crossed the border

Yes we are in the USA. With my desire to see some fall colors we headed to New Hampshire as they are ahead of the coast regions. Also it was a chance to see some of the White Mountains and the Appalachian Trail. Today's post will be about our trip up Mt. Washington on the Auto-Road (which Helen did not enjoy) and the views we saw up top. The auto road travels 8 miles up to the top of Mt Washington, but the roadway is quite narrow and quite exposed on one side or the other as it wanders up the mountain. Besides hiking (the Appalachian Trail crosses Mt Washington) the only other way up is via a clog railway from the other side of the mountain (actually there are several different trains and cars),

Sept 25 - 26 All the Saints - Martin, George, Andrew & Stephen

We visited several Saints - Mostly these are from St Martin.
Harbor  at High Tide

 Caves that are closed in at High Tide

 Interesting Shop

 Boats at Low Tide

 St George Old Mill

 St Andrew down town

Sept 23 - 24 Hopewell Rocks

Back in New Brunswick we passed through Moncton and went to Magnetic Hill.

Hopewell Rocks is where you can get a good look at the changing tides in the Fundy Basin.

 This is high tide

 This is low tide (just for reference the opening in the 2 balanced rocks below is 18 feet tall. Kayakers do go through at near high tide.

 The rock formations with vegetation on top are called flower pots

These are some shots at low tide of the mud flats which extend for a long distance to the side of the Hopewell Rocks

Sept 21 - 22 Charletown & Confederation Bridge

While in Charletown we visited the Red Shores Casino & Race Track which was holding a horse race that evening.

 The next day we crossed over the Confederation Bridge to New Brunswick.

We then headed back into Nova Scotia to Amherst where we had a great visit with my cousin Linda and her husband Ross and some of her family. We don't get a chance to see each other very often, with us living on the opposite sides of Canada.

Sept 17 - 20 Prince Edward Island Eastern and Central Coasts

An eastern shore beach

 They have lots of Blue Herons here as well

 Enjoying a rails to trails on the PEI Confederation Trail system

 A southern beach shot showing part of the Confederation Bridge to New Brunswick

 Another nice sunset from our campsite at New Annan near Summerside

 A beach shot from Prince Edward Island National Park

 where we also found a couple kite surfers

 We finished off our day by enjoying a dinner at New Glasgow Lobster Supper

Sept 15 - 16 PEI and Murray River

After getting the slide fixed we crossed over to PEI and stayed at Murray River.

 The ferry/bridge to PEI runs like the Sunshine Coast Ferries you only pay one way and it is cheaper to take the ferry over and the Confederation Bridge back.

A high and dry fisherman on the Murray River

 I don't know if you can see them in this photo but there are mussel farms on the left hand side of the image.

Sept 16 Halifax and the Citadel

While our trailer slide motor was being replaced we visited Halifax and the Citadel