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2026 RT PEI + Cape Breton

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Hello! We had a quick overnight to PEI (Prince Edward Island). Just enough time for a short hike to see the beautiful Cavendish beach. We stayed in Charlottetown and had fun wandering around the city. It's always a good day when you have Lobster Roll for lunch and Oysters for dinner! PEI oysters! I can never remember to take a picture before I dive in! On the drive to Nova Scotia we stopped at a lighthouse - Very disappointed 😞  So, we found another. This is Cape Bear Lighthouse. The first distress signal from the Titanic was received here. After the 2nd signal, it was decided it was not a hoax (that the unsinkable Titanic was sinking) and calls for help were relayed to other ships. We even got to climb to the top - someone left the light on!  It was a tight fit at the top. We were happy to find a lighthouse that was not being renovated. We took a ferry to Nova Scotia but somehow managed to not get any interesting pictures. It was an easy ferry, only 75 minutes and smooth wat...
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2026 RT Bay of Fundy

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Hello from Canada! The border crossing was no problem at all, Canada is very welcoming! We got settled in our place in Sussex - it is not the usual AirBNB - it is more like visiting grandma's house. So many pictures and knick-knacks. Weird. Regardless, this is our home for six nights.  Falk and Svenni's flight was on time and we are together once again for 2 1/2 weeks! We are spending our first days exploring the Bay of Fundy. Buckle up for some science and geology and more geeky stuff! The Bay of Fundy  is a bay between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.  It has the highest tidal  range in the world,   16 metres (52 ft) due to tidal resonance  in its funnel- shaped basin. In one half-day tidal cycle, around 100 billion tonnes  of water flows in and out, twice the combined flow of all the world's rivers. This is comparable to the flow of Niagara Falls volume over one year and nine months! This is a lot of water!!! First a little hike in Fundy N...
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