Monday, October 24, 2016

20161024: Heading West

We are headed the right direction to get home - at least today.   We went to a portion of the west side of PEI this morning. Visited a museum dedicated to the Acadian people. These are people from France who settled in the Maritime Provinces in the early 1600s. Their history was full of change and much hardship. They seemed to hold onto their trust in God and also music. There was an entire section of the museum dedicated to step dancing. An interesting fact is that during one of the times they needed to relocate, they did so to Louisiana. That is where the Cajon people came from.

When we finished there we came back over the 9 mile - over the water - Confederation Bridge. It was so much clearer so a great view. It was still quite windy. Passed through a section of New Brunswick and into Nova Scotia to a town named Truro. Nice little town. Great park. Boy, did I think of Declan and Wyatt while wandering through!  So many trails and stairs. A young person could play and wander all day. In fact it is just a couple blocks from the junior high school. Oh, there is also a skate park. The weather cleared and the wind died down so it was a pleasant time.

Because there was time we did laundry and are having evening to relax.

A small portion of the Confederation Bridge

One of the many stairs at Victoria Park, Truro, Nova Scotia