Nova Scotia - Sep 5 - 9

Sep 5 - 6 reluctantly we left our spot on the beach and headed to Port Hawkesbury, we found a Laundromat and now we have clean clothes again. After replenishing the larder we headed north to St. Peter's where we spent two nights in Battery Park. We watched a boat pass through the 'historic' canal between the Atlantic and Bras d'Or Lake, depending on the tide the lock might have to raise or lower the boat. We also drove to Point Michaud beach, beautiful sand beach but the wind was blowing and you are at the mercy of the open Atlantic. There were people in the water and some guys trying to surf. While we were up there we went to Little Harbour, the home of Lobsters'R'Us, and bought our first live lobsters. So it was cooking lobster that night. On the way back we stopped at a produce stand at a gate and bought beans, beets and squash.

Sep 7 - farewell to Cape Breton and across the Canso Causeway to the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. Through small towns, I loved Guysborough, Stan Rogers home. We went to Canso, where is a National Historic Site but it was closed and it looked like it might not have operated this season. We continued southeast and camped at Goldboro.

Sep 8 - we took a ferry ($5.50 kind of the size and distance of Shaftsbury Ferry) from Port Isaac to Point Bickerston. We hiked around the lighthouse trails until the place opened up and then went in for a visit. We continued on to Sherbrook, a good portion of the village has been turned into a living museum. Of the 30 or so buildings that are open to the public only 2 have been moved, one across the street and one about half a block. There's also a sawmill and a stamp mill. We really enjoyed the village and the people working there were great. One of the build.ings is the Temperance Hall which was built during  one of the 'dry' periods. Later it was used as a supplementary classroom for the school, eventually it was purchased by the Legion. So now the museum uses the main floor to demonstrate the traditional crafts and the legion has the basement. But, and this is the truth, it's a 'dry' legion out of respect to the original occupants. We camped at Ecum Secum with an bay view.

Sep 9 - along the way today we found smoked fish, a good bakery and a fish market, called Lobster World but we bought scallops. Denis says we should have brought a deep freeze. We stopped at Fisherman's Cove in Eastern Passage, on the out skirts of Dartmouth, where we met a very elderly gentleman who is a very accomplished painter in his retirement. Sandra joined us for the night in Dartmouth and we be spending a few days travelling along with us (in her vehicle).