Denise and Rick Cunningham

Like many boomers we're planning the "next chapter". We live a fairly chaotic life in Georgetown in Washington DC. I'm a former fashion executive and journalist. Rick's an engineer and computer scientist. We're about ready for a little change of pace. Travel... perhaps moving to warmer climes ...and definitely savoring more moments. We never set out to buy an RV...matter of fact, we had never even been in one and I definitely don't camp. But, now, with more time and a growing aversion to the insults of air travel, we bought a 40' motor coach. Our grandson, Ian, named it Gigantor. We call it Tor for short.

We're seeing things you just can't from the air and finding that we've so much to discover on this continent. In the past two years, we've taken three marvelous six-week trips. This time, we're "chasing the sun for as long as it fun". We left on October 5, 2009. We'll see how long we last!

We're searching for great places to stay, sights worth seeing, golf courses worth playing, great restaurants, shopping, farmer's markets. We're on the road in search of the high road.


Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Annapolis Royal

It's a very dreary day, raining and cool. We are heading to Annapolis Royal on the Nova Scotia side of the Bay of Funday. The smartest thing we did before we took off, was to ask about the directions...again we find it's better to take the long way. We are enormously grateful we thought to ask...couldn't stand more of what we encountered yesterday.

Another highlight comes as we near Truro and, hallelujah, we get cell phone and internet connections for a very brief time. We both take care of some calls and e-mails, then loose the signals.

It pours the whole way and we arrive at Parker's Cove near Annapolis Royal after a very dicey trip over the mountain. We were very excited about the place we reserved...The Cove..because we booked a triple size site with a three sided view of the Bay of Fundy....of course we can't begin to see the water which is totally enshrouded in fog.

We're told R&R Seafood down the block will cook lobsters for us and deliver. They won't...it's only 6:30 and they're closed. We're told there's a takeout place about 5 minutes down the road. It's really pouring and we are grateful when we arrive at DeeWee's, a true greasy spoon, that cooks up a prettty good fish and chips and fried clams.

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