Casa Comercio - Alamos, Sonora

Well I didn't know how to preserve this, my old home in Alamos, Mexico so I posted it here
even though I've never finished the blog of our 2012 Canadian Maritime trip. Bad girl, bad girl.
I stopped way back
at Sept 22, 2012, I believe.

The AlamosRealty did such a great job on this video I could not resist trying to preserve it here.
Here's a link to some videos of their other properties for sale; https://www.youtube.com/user/JoelatAlamosRealty

A few changes have been made that I miss. There used to be plants around the fountain, Nasturtium Flowers 
all the way around & we'd use them as a garnish sometimes at meals. Yes, you can eat them.

Also, there used to be a wet-bar-room with fireplace, right off of the pool but all of the other changes are
for the better. Especially the added air-conditioning.

They forgot to mention the 13 fireplaces !!!  Yes, 13. (Actually maybe 14 now because of the finished room above the garage) There are fireplaces not only in every room, including bathrooms, but in several places outside as well.

It was truly an experience living there mostly for short visits of a few weeks at a time. I think once or twice  we were there for 3 months straight.

We had lovely neighbors & we made many lovely friends from all over the world there. I miss them but not so much the yearly trek down there.
I've no regrets that we sold because now we spend the yearly 3 months or so traveling with our RV.

It's difficult to find time to blog on our trips. The internet connections are not always the best in some of the camps plus we're busy exploring the new areas we travel to.

The Canadian Maritimes as well as Alaska were our most favorite & I really hope I'll be able to finish the Canadian part of the blog. The blog is a wonderful way to preserve our memories.
GET-TO-IT-TRISH !

NEW BRUNSWICK

 It was only a 45 mile drive today from Amherst, Nova Scotia to Moncton,  New Brunswick

We'll camp at a Passport America affiliated campground in a  Moncton suburb.

When we crossed the bridge into New Brunswick we stopped immediately at the first tourist information center & gathered up LOTS of New Brunswick information. The women there were so very helpful & friendly. 

We learned there is a dinner theatre production in downtown Moncton on Wednesdays through Saturdays. Hey! Today's Wednesday...can we make it?  We hadn't even found our campground yet but decided to go-for-it. It was early & we felt we had time to do what we needed to do.

The tourist center gal went online to get more information for us & found out that there is a $10 discount this week if we call & make reservations from the information they found for us online. 

We hurried on to camp to get disconnected, setup & make the phone call to choose our entree, pay etc. 

We used Skype online to make that phone call & in two hours after setting up camp we would be off to the "Tide & Boar, McSweeney's" theatre on Main street in downtown Moncton.

HOLD ON NOT SO FAST: 

The clock we hang on the wall in the trailer has it's hands exposed , unprotected & apparently where I placed it for the ride to Moncton (things on the wall need to be taken down when we're on the road) the clock hands got moved & not even thinking of checking  my iPhone clock & we realized we needed to leave NOW. 

We were going to be late for the dinner and show. Chitna! ( that's an Alaskan town that somewhat sounds like my favorite word that I'm trying to break the habit of using.)

Joey had to drive like crazy to a place where we had never been AND find parking in a downtown area, in the dark AND it's had begun to rain a little. JEEZE !

WERE WE GOING TO MISS THE WHOLE THING ?

Nope. We got there only 15 minutes late….there was on- the-street-parking on Main St , right in front of the theatre. (just like Los Angeles, right? funny)   

We couldn't believe it!

They hadn't begun serving dinner yet but the interactive musical play had begun. We hadn't missed much at all. As Joey likes to say; "LUCKY LAGER !"

Amherst Side Trips Before leaving NS

SEP 24

In Amherst we stayed in the  Loch Lomand RV Camp

(exit #4 on hwy 104) .

Not a Passport America camp but $27 a night  incl tax with great wi-fi , trees , clean.....in other words really good.

 We'll be taking a few day trips from here.

We began this afternoon by driving about 30 miles to Joggins Fossil Cliffs

 http://jogginsfossilcliffs.net/

I Don't Remember how long it took me to go up & down THESE Stairs but somehow I made it!

Next Day:  Sept 25 Tuesday

Stayed in camp almost all day today. Did laundry, cleaned the inside of the "shoe box".

In the late afternoon we finally got out for a short drive of 5 miles or so around nearby Amherst. They have some old, beautiful homes to look at. 

Amherst is a border town & New Brunswick is just across a bridge.

On the way to Amherst, Nova Scotia Last Camp before NEW BRUNSWICK

SEP 23 SUNDAY

from Truro to Amherst we took the long coastal route via the beautiful  Cape D'Or where we spent a few hours hiking down to the Lighthouse & meandering around once we got there.  

We needed to leave the main paved road & drive several miles on a dirt road to get to the small parking lot for the lighthouse . 
We were lucky there was room for us to park with our trailer otherwise the out-of-the-way drive would have been for naught. 

Everything we had heard about Cape D'or really gave us the desire to not miss it.
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1018

 Cape d'Or ( Cape of Gold or Gold Cape)

The restaurant & guesthouse was closed for the season and would be a wonderful place to stay, I think. Minimal accommodations & the chef , they say, is very creative & never cooks from a recipe. THAT would have been something we would have liked.   

The road down to the  lighthouse was VERY STEEP & narrow.  Either driving (gate closed now) or walking  is a challenge. 
I just did it slowly in both directions and was SO happy I was able to make it.

It is truly spectacular!

We have so many favorite places on this Maritimes part of the trip & this is truly one of our favorites.

To add even more to this spectacular place the weather was sunny, cool & breezy to perfection. 
So leaving here we needed to get to Amherst before dark, preferably. Hate driving in the dark with the trailer.