Family Ramblings

So , here I am home again and after a day rested up. My plane got in at 8 PM Kelowna time which seemed great til you translated it to N>S> time which was midnite - the flight took 9 hrs including a 2 hr, stopover in Calgary and unfortuneatly I had the middle seat all the way - that is not a relaxing spot! However, the trip was great - Anne is a very good travelling companion and very noncomplaining even if our part of the train must have seemed like an old age home on wheels to her, she was the only person on it under 70 I think.The fall colors from Sudbury on were abso9lutely wonderfull and the service was very good. We were on coach from Toronto to Montreal which was not as comfortable and did no have a dome car but were surrounded by several Gay lads on there way to Montreal for a long weekend party and really were very amu7sing and who talked to Anne about young things. As an aside over half of the people on the train were either Americans or Europeans - more Canadians should use and appreciate it! We had great weather at first in Halifax and Anne hooked up with a number of friends which certainly made her evenings more interesting.
PEI was ver beautiful but our trip was cut back by a change in ferry schedule that we overlooked but meant we had a few hours in Pictou and were able to explore a tall ship that was reproduced there and open to nosy folk. The 1st Scottish settlers had come there on the original and its hard to believe how they sttod it. We drove up to see th Singing Sands beach but it was blocked off as they are still repairing after Hurricane Juan in 2004. We did do Confederation Hall and the Leg in Charlottetown as well as a Cathederal that was spectacular. It started raining in Green Gables but we did it anyway then returned to NS via the confederation bridge- wow! That is one long bridge over 20 ks I think it took 20 mins at least to cross it.Anyway am really glad I went and it was wonderful to spend that time with Anne, who should be happy to know that they did not charge for the phone calls at the hotel and that Sun. was a lovely warm sunny day after she left so I took another turn around the public gardens and bravely took the Airporter instead of a cab!
Anyway so much for now.Family Ramblings