Done and Done by Susan L.

  The flight's booked. The tour is booked. The car is rented. All that's left is to find places to stay the second half of the holiday. The plan is to stay a couple nights somewhere south of Peggy's cove to do some sight seeing. The route will then cut across to the Bay of Fundy for a couple more nights then drive back to Halifax to spend the last weekend with family.
  It's seems strange that getting from here to there are rather short drives. Here in Ontario, you can drive a full day, I mean 24 hours, and still be in the province. Nova Scotia is so much smaller that a couple hours is all that's needed to get to any destination. It's a good thing. It means the chance to take a puttering drive with frequent stops to enjoy the view, possibly paint, or simply do some beachcombing off the beaten track all makes for a relaxing drive.
  I'll have to check the tide charts to find the best time to witness the Bay of Fundy's incredible tides. Hopefully it isn't in the wee hours of the night.
  There aren't any hostels in the locations I decided to stop in so it will mean booking a Bed and Breakfast or a hotel/motel. Which is okay. It's only a place to rest my head for the night.
  At some point I'll have to find a lobster dinner; an iconic maritime feast.
  While doing all this research, plenty of childhood memories are being stirred up. The sound of fog horns on a Sunday's morning, fishing, going with my dad to liberate trees from the wilderness...I brought a baby spruce tree home one time and when we moved to Ontario, it came with us. Picking Mayflowers from a carpeted clearing in the woods and having their sweet fragrance fill the car on the drive home. I'll be interested to see exactly how big the hill is on the road where we used to live. When we were kids, it was huge!
  There's still some inquiries to make especially with the tour operators. I decided to go ahead and book it then ask the questions. It would have been devastating to have missed the opportunity and the tour was filling up. Besides, my trust is in the Lord that this is exactly where He wants me to be.
   "Then He said, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches."" Lk 13:18-19