Author: Rebecca J Hogue
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Moving to Bridgewater
Read more: Moving to BridgewaterSo we did it. If all goes well tomorrow morning, we will be the proud owners of a house in Bridgewater. It is definitely “a diamond in the rough” as it was advertised. We will need to do a lot of work on it, but we are excited to officially be residents of Bridgewater Nova…
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Living in a bubble
Read more: Living in a bubbleWe are now living in a bubble – and it kind of feels like that. We are in the Atlantic Canada bubble – an area that has so far managed the coronavirus well enough that we don’t need to socially isolate. We can hug our friends. It is such a wonderful feeling and something that…
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It takes a village to move Scott and Becky to Nova Scotia
Read more: It takes a village to move Scott and Becky to Nova ScotiaNot really, but having a village has made the process of moving a whole lot easier and has added a lot of joy to our lives. We talked about moving to Nova Scotia for years. When we moved to California, we decided that when we moved back to Canada, it would be to Nova Scotia.…
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Not as painful as we feared
Read more: Not as painful as we fearedPerhaps things went smoother than we feared because we were well prepared. I don’t know, but I’m glad that is what happened. On Wednesday morning we awoke to discover that the place we had parked for the night must be an employee parking lot as it was pretty much full, except for the area we…
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Is that an Alpaca? Getting ready for the crossing
Read more: Is that an Alpaca? Getting ready for the crossingAfter 8 days staying at an AirBnB in Augusta Maine, we had confirmed the arrival of our car and our stuff. It was time to move onto the next phase of our journey. We packed up most of the van the night before (Monday night) and set our alarms. We needed to be out of…
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When negative is positive
Read more: When negative is positiveSince arriving in Maine we have been in quarantine. We had Covid testing done in Connecticut and were awaiting test results. The rule in Maine is that you are in quarantine for either 14-days or unless you have a negative test result within 72 hours before arriving in Maine. We got tested the same day…
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Five states and a Covid test
Read more: Five states and a Covid testThe day began in Pennsylvania – after a great nights’ sleep in an air conditioned hotel room. They had a free breakfast, so I went down to check it out. They did a good job – you had two choices, a veggie bowl which was Gluten Free or a sausage muffin. We got there too…
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Four states and a socially distant visit
Read more: Four states and a socially distant visitWhen we realized that we would be passing through Cleveland on our trip, we messages our friends Carrie and George and asked if we could pop by for a socially distant visit and maybe fill up with water – depending on the time of day. Fortunately, it worked out that we arrived in the evening,…
