Throwing this out to the CP Community, expecting more than a few to question my sanity...
I am a teacher who has often flown to Nova Scotia to visit my wife's parents extended family with our 3 children (age range is 6 to 11) in past summers. For this upcoming summer of 2023, my wife & I are strongly considering driving out to the Maritimes through Canada, then back to Calgary through the United States. We have always wanted to do this at least once as a family, and we know that this window of time will not remain open forever.
We definitely are not planning to drive to save on the price of flights (We are keenly aware that it costs much more to fly to Halifax than it does to Europe...
) nor to get there as quickly as possible. Instead, my rough estimate currently looks like this:
- 10-14 days driving East through Canada
- 10-21 days in the Maritimes (Staying with family, so no additional accomodation costs unless we travel within the Maritimes)
- 10-14 days driving West through the United States
My wife is not a teacher, so we will also look at such things as having her fly out to Winnipeg to meet us or back home from a place like Minneapolis in order to maximize her vacation time.
We will enter the US at St. Stephen's NB/Calais ME. The one stop I really want to make is Cooperstown NY for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Other than that, our itinerary is extremely flexible, which is why I am open to your suggestions. While we have ideas of our own right now, I am interested to discover what my fellow Puckers will suggest for us!
And go!!!
