My husband wants to go see the 18th-century French fort/settlement at Lewisbourg in Nova Scotia this summer. We are both F&I reenactors, so I am more than willing to go along (for our honeymoon we drove to a F&I event at Ft Ticonderoga, and went on to Montreal. Wonderful trip!

We live in the DC suburbs. So this is either a veeeeerrry long drive (which would let us take camping gear), or we are considering flying into Brunswick ME and renting a car. It would be best if we could do this without missing more than a week and a half of work (Mon-Fri one week, and part of the next).

I know I want to see the tides at Fundy, but what else would you recommend while we are in the area? There's got to be some great music up there -- where and when? We can go pretty much any time in June/July/August, and already know that the best days for the tidal bore are
--July 3-8
--Aug 2-7
--Aug 18-26.

Interesting gardens, historical sites, food (restaurants or sources), fairs (NOT renfaires!), places to hike or camp, any offbeat ideas are welcome! Thanks for any grist you can provide the mill...

Lynn