Background: in 2007, I rode my bike around the perimeter (minus a gap between Halifax and Yarmouth). In Marshalltown, I discovered a very small painted house referenced to Maud and Everett Lewis, but with no information. I was curious. Later I found a garment tag with some information which I copied into my journal word for word. There was an exhibit at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. I didn’t get to the museum in 2007, today I accomplished that goal.

The house was dismantled, moved to Halifax, and restored.

Maud, with undiagnosed juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, painted everything she could using what she had available-mostly marine paint.

The front door, both sides, was painted several times.

A long long day. Elaine took me to the airport at 3:30a, I changed planes in Salt Lake City and arrived in Toronto for the next layover. Then things went sideways. Lightning strikes in the afternoon had kept planes from leaving and arriving. We arrived at the end of the storm but had to wait two hours on the tarmac for a jetway to be available. The flight to Halifax Nova Scotia left 6+ hours late. A lot of grumpy tired people waiting for their bags:

I had chatted with Martha from Myrtle Beach SC in Toronto. We had so much in common, she was so friendly and easy to talk with. Then we were seated in same row on the flight to Halifax. I wasn’t able to pick up my rental vehicle, so she and Ron (who picked her up) gave me a ride to the nearby hotel. Definitely trail angels, even though this isn’t a bike ride.

3:30a Sunday: my head hit the pillow.

Tuesday. Ade, Linda, Kathy and I met for lunch at Boudin’s. Always fun to catch up on each other’s lives.

Wednesday. Elaine and Terri: