Author: neil
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Mount Desert, ME
Day 3 A dream snuck up on Rett during the night, and when it forced her awake, grief over her lost mother came crushing down on her, and brought on waves of sobbing, in those moments when it allowed her to breathe at all. It took nearly two hours for it to relent and allow…
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Mount Desert, ME
Day 2 One reason our campground is nice for us is that it’s a stop on one of the free Island Explorer bus routes that take you to various places around Acadia National Park. It lets us get places without being exhausted by riding our bikes over the extremely hilly roads, and more-importantly, it enables…
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Yarmouth, NS, Canada to Mount Desert, ME, USA
We had half-a-mile to travel from our hotel to our morning ferry back to the United States. Reversing our arrival, Rett actually hopped on her bike and rode most of it, something we weren’t sure she’d ever do again when we were last here two months ago, when starting her bike was something she would…
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Kentville, NS to Yarmouth, NS
When we left Prince Edward Island two weeks ago, and decided on a route back through Nova Scotia, we also established a goal to be in Boston, MA for the second week of October. If everything fell into place, we would be able to ride the whole way (except for the ferry back to Bar…
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Kentville, NS
Day 2 I messaged our VRBO hosts and explained in more detail about George and Penny staying with us: I mentioned what an incredible coincidence it was that we’d met them at all, and that if we’d have been able to foresee that such an impossible event was about to happen, we would have just…