We arrived in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, this evening. We drove around the south eastern tip of Nova Scotia. The colours were absolutely beautiful as we travelled through the different escarpments of the land. We are driving a van so it gives us lots of room to look out and appreciate the countryside. We had a wonderful day in Wolfeville and surrounding area the last two days. We went to the biggest pumpkin weighoff in Windsor, NS and the winning pumpkin weighed in at 1,101 pounds. It was huge and the winner was from New Brunswick. Then we headed out to the local winery at Falmouth and watched grapes being stumped into juice and then the juice was put through pantyhose as a sieve and the team that won had made over 29 pounds of juice. Jerry had a huge plate of mussels for $2.00 which were out of this world delicious and I enjoyed the local cheesecake. We then headed to a local dinner theatre on Saturday night and it was hilarious. It was written and performed by all the local people. We sat with a couple visiting from Germany and a mother and daughter her had moved here from Switzerland. It was a great evening. We had such a great laugh.

On Sunday we spent the day with our second son Berk Buchko at Wolfeville. We took in the Grande Prie historical site which recounted the history of the Acadians in Nova Scotia. Very interesting and very well done. We then headed out to the lookoff point, but the fog was so thick we couldn’t see a thing. Berk then gave us a tour of Acadia University which is a wonderful campus. The new Irving Building is something to see - what a wonderful facility built by the Irving family. We also met Berk’s good friend, the Chaplain of Acadia, Rev. Roger Prentice - we invited him to join us for lunch and then later he gave us a tour of the beautiful chapel at Acadia. We ate lots of food - too much - and by 9:30 pm were ready for bed.

We stayed at “The Rectory” Bed and Breakfast in Port William. We were given the Bishop’s Room which had a great story to it. The owners were absolutely wonderful and we spent quite a bit of time with them - they lived in Calgary for 33 years but grew up in Nova Scotia. Ron is a geologist and an antique car buff - he has refurbished a 1929 Model T. so he and Jerry had lots to talk about. They had also travelled alot and we shared travelling stories - a wonderful couple.

We are now on our way to PEI and then on to Cape Breton. Cape Breton is starting their “The Colours Festival” which will exhibit all their local music and art. We are attempting to find out where and when the events are happening so we can attend some of the events.

It seems we have been gone for a long time - but it has only been 9 days - but we sure have covered a lot of country. We are doing well and enjoying ourselves - with the exception of map reading!!!!