We flew out of Dallas on Wednesday morning - July 4th, changed planes in Detroit without incident, and landed in Bangor, Maine around 3:30pm.  We drove to Bar Harbor, Maine and walked downtown to the harbor for a fireworks show, along with about 2000 close "friends"  =)

It was really foggy, but the fireworks show was great anyway, though the pictures don't do them justice.

The next night we stayed in St. John, New Brunswick, where we caught the Princess Acadia Ferry that took us, rented van and all, over the Nova Scotia.  The crossing took just over 3 hours, and it was foggy for awhile, but then it cleared up and we could see pretty far out into the Bay of Fundy.  Apparently there are whales that the ferry passengers see from time to time, but we didn’t see any.  It was a big enough ship to hold over a hundred cars, plus 20 or more 18-wheelers, plus rvs, motorcycles, walk on passengers, and bicyclists.

We landed in Digby, Nova Scotia and spent most of the day today driving around the southern tip of the province.  It’s just amazing how much water there is everywhere in the provinces, and everything is so green.  We’re in West Pubnico tonight.  It is a small lobster fishing village.  We’ve seen a couple of lighthouses so far and hope to see more tomorrow as we head on up the coast toward Halifax.  More to come….