Travels with John and Janice

Dateline July 25, 2012: Bath Maine and the “Radio Guy”

updated on December 17, 2014August 27, 2012By John and Janice

We departed beautiful Acadia National Park and headed south down the coast of Maine to visit one of Janice's grade school, high school mates, Bob Bittner in Bath, Maine. Janice had not seen Bob since high school and became connected via Facebook. We arrived at their home about noon with a plan on h...

Dateline July 25, 2012: Acadia National Park

updated on April 4, 2016August 18, 2012By John and Janice

We drove into Maine across the FDR bridge linking Campobello Island and Maine. Our destination was Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, which is the second largest island on the east coast, smaller than Long Island and larger than Martha's Vineyard. We stopped at a campsite ju...

Dateline July 22, 2012: Back to the Bay of Fundy on the North Side, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

updated on December 17, 2014August 2, 2012By John and Janice

Arriving back in North Sydney, we headed out for Truro, Nova Scotia to see the tidal bore, a “must see” on everyone's list! The Bay of Fundy is famous for their tidal bores. A tidal bore is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that tr...

Dateline July 17, 2012: Newfoundland, Trinity and Gros Morne Park

updated on December 17, 2014July 30, 2012By John and Janice

We left St. John's in the morning and started the drive towards the west coast. The drive on the Trans Canadian Highway takes you to the base of Trinity Bay and then along the west side where you can take routes into the water views. The first town that we visited was Brigus, the birthplace of Capta...

Dateline July 14, 2012: Newfoundland, St John’s Cape Spear, Signal Hill and “Screeching”!

updated on December 17, 2014July 29, 2012By John and Janice

Stand here with your back to the sea and the entire population of North America is to the west of you.

Face the sea and the next stop east is Ireland. Perched on a rugged cliff at our continent's most easterly point lies Cape Spear Lighthouse – the oldest surviving lighthouse in the Newfoundland....