Welcome to our blog. We thought this might make it easier for you to share in our adventure and keep track of where we are and where we've been. The most recent pictures are at the top so if you want to start at the beginning, you will need to scroll down to the bottom and work your way up to the top. We will try to update the blog every week, but no promises!!
It wouldn't be a visit to Boston without checking out Fenway Park. It was the day of the 6th game in the semi-final series against Cleveland and, of course, the Red Sox won that night and went on to win the World Series.
On our return trip we saw this incredible display of pumpkins - lots of seeds to be roasted and pies to be baked in that mountain of pumpkins! 
The Bunker Hill Memorial in Charlestown - the end of the Freedom Trail. We walked over the Charlestown Bridge which gave us a great view of the Boston Harbour and the Charles River to Bunker Hill (which is actually Breed's Hill). Although the British technically won the Battle of Bunker Hill, they suffered over twice as many casualties as the Americans and it marked the beginning of the end of British rule in the United States. The monument is a 221 foot granite obelisk that you can walk up, but after walking 2.5 miles to get there and knowing we had to walk 2.5 miles back we decided to forgo the 294 steps to the top!
Old North Church is the home of the first set of bells ever brought to English America but it is most famous for housing two lanterns that were to act as a back up plan in case Paul Revere and his fellow messengers could not get through to Adams and Hancock in Lexington. His friend, Robert Newman, was to sneak into the steeple of the church to give the signal by lighting "one, if by land, and two, if by sea". This warning signal was successfully accomplished as well.
Wouldn't be a trip to Boston without hearing about Paul Revere and his famous ride. We saw his house, his statue and his gravestone. Revere, a silversmith by trade, was also a trusted express rider who carried messages from the Patriots to the distant colonies. His most famous ride took him just 13 miles to Lexington on April 16, 1775 where he warned the Patriots that "the British are coming".
Since we were too early for drinks at the original Cheers, we stopped for lunch at the "replica" Cheers bar in Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
Being a Saturday, Faneuil Hall Marketplace was filled with street entertainers. This group, the Street Breeze, from New York were hilarious.
The "old" State House built in 1713. This is where the first seeds of independence were sown 15 years before the actual Revolution. It is now a museum.
This plaque welcomes you to Boston. Boston was founded by the Puritans who arrived here in 1630 from Britain seeking religious freedom. 
Across the street from Cheers is the beautiful Boston Common, America's oldest public park.
Just down the street from the State Capitol is 84 Beacon Street otherwise known as "Cheers". A visit to Boston wouldn't be complete without a visit to this landmark; unfortunately we were a little too early for drinks!
October 20 - From witches to tea parties! We drove into Boston on a Saturday and traffic and parking wasn't as bad as we anticipated although streets were narrow and often one-way. We walked the 2.5 mile Freedom Tour and went back in time to the days of the American Revolution. The building above is the "new" State Capitol which was first built in 1795 and completed in 1802. Only in Boston would a new building be over 200 years old!
Ted & I made friends with the locals!
I was feeling decidedly "bewitched" that day! Actually some might think this was the true me! At least I didn't suffer the same fate as the ladies below.
This is a display in the Salem Witch Village of two "witches" being hung after they were found guilty at the famous Witch Trials of 1692.
October 19 - Couldn't go through Maine at Hallowe'en time without visiting Salem. This is the Salem Witch Museum where we learned how a few hysterical young girls, after hearing stories about voodoo from a servant girl named Tituba, started a witch hunt that resulted in 19 people being hung and one being crushed to death by rocks because he refused to submit to a trial. Only when the governor's wife was accused of being a witch did the accusations end.
Bar Harbour - one of three cruise ships that were in the Harbour that day is in the background. It's a busy place even this late in the season!
This tree is a beautiful example of the amazing fall foliage that we saw throughout the Maritimes and New England.
This picture shows all of Jordan Pond. It was a 3.2 mile hike over trail, rockfall and along a boardwalk in places because of the marshy terrain along the shore.
We hiked the Jordan Pond Shore Trail and the fall colours reflected in the water were spectacular.
October 17 - Several people along our trek east told us that we absolutely had to visit Bar Harbour, Maine so we succumbed to the pressure and we weren't sorry we did. We drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park and the view of the ocean and Bar Harbour was incredible.
October 16 - We crossed into the U.S. at St. Stephen/Calais where the St. Croix River creates a natural border crossing.
The Carleton Martello Tower in Saint John. This is a cannonball-proof circular stone fort built to protect Saint John during the war of 1812.
This is the view of Saint John from the Carleton Martello Tower.
Ted was feeling a bit depressed because he was missing out on his annual hunting-without-a-gun trip this year so he thought hanging out with a local moose might make him feel better.
October 13 - I was starting to get a little lonely so I thought I'd make friends with some people hanging out at the Saint John Harbourfront. Conversation was a little one-sided!!
New Brunswick is famous for its covered bridges and we crossed this one (the Vaughn Creek Covered Bridge) in St. Martins.
We not only found a flower pot rock, but Ted found a "cheeky" tree to lean on. I'll leave other comments to you!
October 10 - We moved on to Saint John, NB and took a drive along the Fundy Trail Parkway. We had visited the famous "Flower Pot Rocks" at Hopewell Cape when we were here in 1994, but we were lucky to find another one when we hiked the Fownes Trail.
After driving through Charlottetown and Cavendish, we decided to have Thanksgiving turkey, but it was too early in the afternoon for dinner (and we were starving as we had missed lunch) so we had to settle for lobster rolls!! Poor us!! We then drove home via the Confederation Bridge, an amazing 12.9 km long bridge, which took us from Borden-Carleton, PEI to Cape Jourimain, NB.
October 7 - Thanksgiving Day - We caught the ferry "Confederation" at Caribou, NS and sailed to Wood Island, PEI 
October 6 - We went for a drive along the Sunrise Trail in Nova Scotia and hiked the trail in Amherst Shore Provincial Park to the beach. 
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