Mar 25
It was rainy. And windy. Wet. Cold. Not comfortable in the cockpit at all. We couldn’t keep the wind and rain out with the usual flaps – all of them had to be folded away as it was too dangerous to impede the view. Even though it was so uncomfortable up top, I couldn’t stay …
Mar 25
The crossing from Cape Bretton to Lunenburg was not a nice one. It was only for about four days, but having the wind right against us made it very uncomfortable. The Bradore Lakes in Cape Bretton had been so flat it was almost like sailing on land, so we had to get used to the …
Mar 23
For me, Margaree Valley is the heart of Cape Breton Island. Our first introduction to the Valley, was the Margaree Beach. It seemed to take forever to reach it from Baddeck, but the scenery was awesome and the company great. As one of the last activities we could fit in with the Knechtle family before …
Mar 04
The McCormacks The MacCormack familiy is the pastoral family of the Baptist church in Baddeck. We didn’t meet them until after the Knechtles had left. To tell the truth, we only met them on the third Sunday we spent in Cape Breton Island. On our second Sunday we still had our hired car and could …
Nov 30
After the Knechtles left Canada to go back home to Trinidad, we hired a car for a week to explore Cape Breton. One of the things we planned to do during our time with the car, was visit the “Highland Village museum”. We had no idea quite what to expect, (how long it would take, …
Nov 02
The bird life of the American continents is very different from those found in Africa. The differences between the two American continents themselves are quite marked, if perhaps less varied in the tropical areas. Not only is North America a new continent for me, but neither have I been as far north as Canada before …
Nov 02
This post is about our dear friends the Knechtles without whom we never would have visited Nova Scotia. (Which is, by the way, my favourite place on our trip so far!) Here is the background on how the Knechtles influenced us to make Nova Scotia part of our traveling plans. I’ll also outline what we …
Oct 27
I had big plans for sailing up to Canada. All that time! I could finally catch up some neglected school! Yeah, that didn’t really happen. What did happen was that we had a week of good sailing, then about three days headwinds. They weren’t all that comfortable. We weren’t seasick, but it’s amazing how your body just …
Oct 17
F. Okay, this blog about Kennedy Space Centre is going to be an interesting one, because to get it going Marike got Karin and I to write on this blog together. I’ll write a paragraph, then Karin will write a paragraph. That’s the plan, anyway. We’ll just have to see how this goes. . . …
Oct 11
When telling someone about Disney World, I always tell them there are two extremes. Either I can rave about how fantastic it was, (detail, acting, colours . . . ) or I can tell you exactly why you should never visit Disney World ever. I really enjoyed the experience of all the parks we visited, …
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