NOVA SCOTIA

you've waited long and hard for some maritime pictures, so here is round one: let's start with Nova Scotia. We (meaning my family and I) began and ended our trip in Halifax. We spent a few days touring around various parts of Nova Scotia, before we made our way up to New Brunswick (NB will be the next posting)
Our first night in Halifax we went to a pub for dinner...beers all around!

Peggy's Cove is one of the most famous things in Nova Scotia. Here are some fishing boats in the village

And the famous lighthouse. It was quite foggy the day we were there (as you can tell) but it was still very beautiful, and there weren't too many people around

My brother, dad and I posing for a shot
hee hee....this sign cracked me up...no "deer crossing" signs for them...!!

Some boats in a harbour, a pretty classic east coast scene i think



This is Acadia University in Wolfville, NS. My grandma grew up in Wolfville and graduated from Acadia sometime in the 1940s, which is pretty cool considering not many women even went to University back then.

The maritimes are known for their red mud. Here, we're watching the tide come in, but you can sort of see a bit of the mud flats (beside the walkway) that remain when the tide has gone out

This is a tidal bore (i think that's how you spell it) which is a pretty cool phenomena. The crest of water you see is the result of the outflowing river water meeting (and being overtaken) by the inflowing rising tide

This is back in Halifax, up at the Citadel, a national historical site. It's a great big fortress that was built years ago to protect the city from intruders. Every day they shoot off the cannon at noon, so we stuck around to hear the loud BOOM!

The citadel is a wall within a wall within a wall and from the inside, when you peer over the edge down towards the city, it's a pretty big drop....so be careful, like this sign says...!!

And of course, some classic bag pipers

winnipeg...part 2

well the other reason i went to winnipeg was because my friend Anna was getting married. We have known each other since Grade 8 and i had the priviledge of being one of her bridesmaids! After a few days at the lake, Pam and i headed back into the city because i had "bridesmaid duties" to attend to and it worked out well because Pam spent the rest of the week visiting her various relatives that live in the Winnipeg area. I don't have a ton of pictures from the wedding, but here are a few:

update and more update

ok ok, summer holidays took priority over blogging...sorry, i'm very sorry. well now i have a whole lot of things to update you on, so be patient over the next few days as i post and post again!

So towards the end of July, my best friend Pam and I headed to Winnipeg for a week. The first part of the week was spend at my cabin near Kenora, Ontario. The weather was REALLY hot, so it was awesome to be at the lake. here are a few pics of our relaxing couple of days.

This is my cabin

I bet you didn't know that pam and i are synchronized swimmers, too. here we are sporting some of our best moves.

We headed into Kenora one day with my parents. what you need to know about Kenora is that it is famous for the big fish statue as you drive into town. His name is Husky the Musky.

Pam and I got up really early one morning and went canoeing because i wanted to shoot some pictures of the sunrise. The next couple of pics are from that morning.

This first pic is my new little experiment that i'm trying to master (which you will see appear in other photo collections to come) - taking pics using my sunglasses and their reflection.

sunrise

looking out over the lake before the sun even comes up (so...very...early...)

So there's a brief synopsis of our few days. I have more pictures posted on Facebook, so if you want, check out my page there.