Arriving in Nova Scotia

I arrived in Nova Scotia on Saturday (4-12-08) afternoon; my flight from New Jersey to Halifax had been delayed due to a storm in Halifax. The weather in Nova Scotia is definitely colder than in Houston.
I'm trying to fix the map so you guys can see where I am. The map I made isn't showing up. Sorry about that; I'm working on it. One thing you need to remember is that Nova Scotia is a lot further north than Houston so in the summer their weather is no hotter than 80 degrees! For us that is like a hot day last month.

When I got to my hotel I did the normal things you do--I put my luggage in the room, I grabbed my camera and I headed out to see what I could see around town.
Halifax is a small town. Compared to Houston, it could almost fit inside the Memorial City parking area!!! Well...it isn't that small, but it isn't much bigger either.
During the winter most of the stores close. The weather isn't good and there aren't any tourists. The reason to go to Halifax is to see whales and to hike around the beautiful area. The winter doesn't offer either of those--the whales aren't there and the hiking trails are covered in snow. While I was walking around (no snow by the way) I discovered that they consider May 1st the start of spring. Only one or two stores were open. I'd hoped to purchase some souvenirs for my family and classes but couldn't because the stores were closed. Hopefully I'll be able to find something before I leave.
Like I said, I was walking around. I walked about a mile or so and found a Dairy Queen. Mmmmmmmm. I love Blizzards. Since it was dinner time and I had nothing better to do I decided to order a small chocolate X-treme Blizzard and fries. Healthy huh?
Definitely something you should NOT do! It was good though. :)
This morning (Sunday) I went for a run on the boardwalk, next to the bay. It was cold and foggy--maritime polar air mass (if you can remember the weather unit). I have posted two pictures. One if of the boardwalk. You can sort-of see the bay to the left. The other picture is of the downtown area. Like I said, it is a small town. This is of one of the big shopping areas.

Well, now it is Sunday afternoon and I'm sitting at the airport again. This time I'm waiting to meet up with three other teachers who are working on the fellowship with me. One teacher is from Arizona, one is from Minnesota, and one is from Iowa. We'll travel to our research site and learn about our research trip. Exciting!!!

Hopefully everything goes well this week for you. You'll be covering rocks, the rock cycle, and land formations without me. :( I hope you guys enjoy the crayon lab. If possible I'd love to see the 'rocks' you make.

Mrs. Evensen will give you guys directions on your blogging assignment. This blog doesn't count as one you need to respond to. This one is just me saying hi and telling you how things are.
See you guys in two weeks!

Mrs. Krekeler