Road Trip Acadia – Atlantic Coast II
Last seven days of a 14 day long Road Trip Acadia were split in between Nova Scotia, Bay of Fundy, drive through the southern part of New Brunswick and across the border into the state of Maine (USA), before coming full circle with the drive from state of Maine, through the state of New Hampshire to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Road Trip Acadia – Atlantic Coast – FIRST Seven Days (1-7)…
14 Day Road Trip Summary – Days 8-14
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Day 8 – Sunday
50 km (31 miles) or one hour long drive from Dartmouth to Peggy’s Cove
- Peggy’s Cove – photo gallery [+], video clip [+], HDR photo [+]
55 km (34 miles) or around one hour long evening drive to a log cabin in Upper Sackville
- KOA Campground in Upper Sackville, Nova Scotia [+]
Day 9 – Monday
35 km (20 miles) or 30 minutes drive from Upper Sackville to Halifax
- Halifax Citadel (also known as Fort George) [+]
– first fort on the Citadel hill was build in 1749 and star shaped fort you can see today took its shape in 1856
– great museum in the fort, even better guides and well done historic re-enactments - Halifax waterfront [+]
- Titanic Grave Site [+] in Halifax
35 km (20 miles) or 30 minutes drive from Halifax back to Upper Sackville
Day 10 – Tuesday
270 km (170 miles) or 3 hours and 45 minutes long drive from Upper Sackville to Brier Island, Nova Scotia
– It takes two hours to drive first 200 km (125 miles), to Digby from Upper Sackville, and additional close to two hours from Digby to Brier Island, since the last 70 km (55 miles) include two short ferry crossings
- Afternoon of Whale watching in the Bay of Fundy [+]
70 km (43 miles) or one hour and 45 minutes long drive to Digby – both short ferry rides are free of charge on your way back to the mainland
- Overnight stay at charming town of Digby where from in the morning we’ll catch a ferry back to New Brunswick
Day 11 – Wednesday
Morning ferry crossing from Digby (NS) to Saint John (NB), 80 km (50 miles) or around 2 hours over the Bay of Fundy
- Ferry from Digby [+], Nova Scotia, to Saint John, New Brunswick
500 km (310 miles) or 5 hours drive from Saint John, New Brunswick, to Old Orchard beach – Maine (USA)
Day 12 – Thursday
- Waking up in the USA
- Saco Old Orchard Beach KOA [+]
- Old Orchard beach
Day 13 – Friday
- Monkey Trunks – Saco Zipline Tour and Adventure Course [+]
- at the Old Orchard beach
Day 14 – Saturday
- Morning at the Old Orchard beach
500 km (310 miles) drive back to Montreal, over New Hampshire’s White Mountain
- Omni Mount Washington Resort
- After 3,796 km (2,360 miles) Road Trip Acadia ended in Montreal
Picture souvenirs from the Road Trip Acadia
Road Trip Acadia – Atlantic Coast – FIRST Seven Days (1-7)…
* all the times listed, as well as distances, except the total of 3,796 km (2,359 miles), are approximate, rounded up numbers, and do in some cases and do not in other, include added time due to traffic congestion, detours due to road construction, or making a wrong turn, just as here and there detours made to restaurants, gas stations, shops, etc.