Weekend Avdentures Close to Home

When winter sets in or I'm surrounded by the bleakness of spring, I get the itch to travel far and wide! The summer, however, is a different story. While I don't wish to confine myself to my backyard, there are just so many nice places to enjoy close to home.

This weekend we enjoyed a couple of little road trips that only took a few hours out of the day and got us home in time to do a few chores and enjoy a "cool one" on the back deck.

Breakfast at the Market

A fifteen minute drive and one ferry ride away is a weekly market that features a variety of vendors displaying fresh produce, handcrafted items, ethnic foods and of course breakfast. Paul and Ross were particularly attracted to the "Redneck" vendor selling all kinds of items guaranteed to give you a chuckle!

I liked the vendor selling Indian food and spice boxes. He had

 a couple of dishes that you could try as well as "spice boxes" that included all the spices that you would need to create your own Indian treat (recipes included). I bought two ..... will let you know how it turns out!

Excursion Number Two

Our second "adventure" of the weekend was a trip to see Paul's newly acquired crown land on which he is going to build a camp. Now this is true wilderness pioneering! He's been working hard clearing the land so that he can begin to construct his woodland sanctuary. He did have a little help from an excavator (the operator was none too pleased to be doing this at the height of black fly season) to create a road into where the building will be constructed. At the moment the only structure on the cleared property is an outhouse (a lovely structure that Paul built) with all the luxuries.

The road that \Paul had built going into his property from the road.

All the comforts of home!

Paul and Nilah at the nearby lake.

Paul and Ross checking out the property.

Some of the many logs Paul cut to clear the land.

On our grand tour of the property we discovered some rarely seen Lady's Slippers (a member of the orchid family).

To complete our road trip, we made a stop for lunch on the way home to visit the "Lobster Lady" and had a delicious lobster roll which we ate overlooking the beautiful Bay of Fundy.
A trip to the deep undeveloped forest, lunch on the coast ....... no traffic, no crowds and home by 1:00 o'clock! You can't beat living in the Maritimes!

One of the "lobster ladies". They all wear pink rubber overalls in the lobster shop.

Some Maritime décor and a view of the Bay of Fundy ... the tide is out!