Trans Canada with K2 and Tintin

14 August, 2017,   Blog Post No. 10 12 August   After a leisurely start, we arrived at the Alexander Graham Bell Museum in the small town of Baddeck.   The museum itself was fascinating, as was the life story of Dr Bell.   We got very good advice on exploring the scenic Bras d’Or area from the tourist assistance office, and on their advice we left our camper parked in their yard and walked the km to the museum.   We dallied over coffee and snacks, nice sunny day, but as we got to the museum we noticed the wind had come up a little.   The museum visit included a talk by one of the museum staff and display of some very interesting artifacts.   After that we became completely engrossed in the displays themselves, which included a reproduction of one of AGB’s planes which was actually flown in about 2008.   Also a full size replica of one of Dr Bell’s hydroplanes, which set a world speed record for a boat at around about seventy miles per hour ...

11 August, 2017, Blog Post No. 9 3 August     A day in Halifax.   Walked thru the Halifax Public gardens and visited the new public library, which is spectacular.   Kirsty discovered the world’s greatest consignment shop called Elsie’s which caused her to completely lose her mind; she told Phil she would be back for him in 5 minutes, then completely abandoned him on a street corner and didn’t make contact for an hour.   Divorce nearly ensued!   The fly on the wall caught an earful while we sorted that out.   Unfortunately that left us insufficient time to visit the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia that afternoon.    BBQ chicken and PEI potatoes for dinner that night 4 August     Visited the Titanic Graves on a “private” tour led by an old Pal of Catherine’s, Colleen who is actually a professional tour guide – fascinating details about some victims and the process of identification.   Dogs were not admitted so Phil...