It's been a while since I've blogged, I know.
But I have so much to share.
4.5 months of working at Tim Horton's, one month of working at Cabela's (great place to work) was worth it for this... Almost three months of no work, just living.
It started with a canoe trip on the Caddy Lake chain. I have few pictures for that (sorry!) Because it was a remote place that I didn't want to risk bringing my camera for. Sam, Noble, Orion, Jesse and myself were there and together, we caught more fish than I've ever caught my whole life!
Mmmm as much pickerel as we could eat!
Then, back home to Guelph for a week. Saw family, friends and biked the Guelph Lake trails tons!
We spent Canada day in Ottawa, which was fun, but the fireworks were disappointing. We stayed in my sister's friend's backyard, which was reallr nice since it saved us money, but it was really far from downtown. We walked lots every day, Sam managed to figure out the bus system (which is really something else) and enjoyed the weather. We wanted to get on the road sooner, but I got sick on Canada Day (bathrooms weren't fun to find...) But being outside in general and exploring was fun!
Nackawic, New Brunswick with Jesse's grandparents was next. What great hosts! So many great desserts, and they took us to Kings Landing which was a lot of fun!
From there, we headed to our east coast home base at Sam's grandparent's place in Halifax. While we stayed there, we went to Wolfville, made some strawberry jam, walked the Halifax harbour front a few times, went to a jazzfest venue with Sam's uncle and family, visited a friend in Tantallon, driving through Peggy's cove and trying our luck fishing in the ocean.
Then, Newfoundland. Just the west for two weeks. Codroy Valley, Cornerbrook, Woody Point, Norris Point (Gros Morne National Park)
It's seriously like a whole new country. I love it. Someday, I can really see myself living there. It's just hard for so many people to find jobs. And the other thing is, especially in Gros Morne, fresh food was hard to come by in small towns. Next time we go, I'd love to have a car so we could go to the more remote places, because hitch hiking was surprisingly hard. It took us three days to get to Cornerbrook from Port-aux-Basques! (This isn't typical, mind you. We took our time, but often stopped because we were tired of waiting and getting short drives.) But the people that do pick you up will do a lot. I'm going to have to blog about Newfoundland some more, but first I'm sure anyone looking at this wants pictures...
