On Friday we headed off for the Campground Host week-end gathering, Friday evening the rain held off,and we enjoyed a great slide presentation all about the Shubanacadie Canal System,from 1830 to 1871, goods were transported from Halifax Harbour to the mouth of the Shubanacadie River into the Bay of Fundy,via the Dartmouth Lakes and Grand \Lake ,then on to Saint John,New Brunswick This all ended when the railway became the best way of moving goods. The venue for the gathering was Laurie Park on Grand Lake. The pot-luck supper was amazing,such a variety of choices, then naturally storytelling around a campfire, the ultimate camping experience. During the night, the downpour of precipitation from Tropical Storm Andrea was  amazing, In the morning we decided that BBQing and campfiring was not going to be the most enjoyable that day, so we headed out to visit friends in Dartmouth,  Brian & Cathy are always so accommodating, Homemade chicken soup was on the burner, we settled in and let it rain, and rain,and rain,and rain!

Can't believe it's been almost a year since our last blog.  The camper is ready to roll, putting it on the truck on Tuesday, then we are off to the campground host week-end in Laurie Park, Enfield, Nova Scotia! In a few weeks, we are off to Newfoundland for a few weeks, then our annual hosting assignment on the Mira River, near Louisburg (300 years old), Nova Scotia.  Please follow us and feel free to comment!