Nova Scotia Sep 21 - 30

Sep 21 – we enjoyed a lazy morning and then went to Peggy’s Cove. It was a beautiful day, and we were able to walk out on the rocks in front of and around the lighthouse. We met Sandra there, she was staying at an inn just down the road. On the way back to the campground we bought lobster and Sandra came for supper, now she’s hooked on lobster. It started raining about 5:00 and rained hard all night.

A calm day at Peggy's Cove

On the rocks at Peggy's Cove

Sep 22 – after the night of rain the sun came out and we drove to Sandra’s and took her car in to Halifax, Denis driving. We spent several hours at the Citadel, then went down to Pier 21, visited the farmers market and walked along the waterfront. There were 3 cruise ships in port so it was busy. We had lunch at a Japanese restaurant on the wharf. We continued our waterfront walk, toured around a bit more and then headed back. We decided to check in at Peggy’s Cove on the way by, what a difference, the waves were crashing where we had walked on the rocks the day before and the spray was reaching the parking lot.

Demonstrating the uniform of British soldiers of the 18th century

 

Beautiful day on the waterfront, Halifax

Sep 23 – said good bye to Sandra as she is off to Cape Breton. We took our empty propane bottle to fill at Costco, we’ve discovered it’s less than half as much as anywhere else. We drove up to Windsor and toured the Glooscap Trail, stopped at the Walton lighthouse which was once a busy seaport shipping barite. We continued on to Truro then headed back towards our campground and luckily found a farmer’s market a few miles from our base.

Sep 24 – we drove to Chester and took the ferry to Tancook Island. We were surprised at the number of people who were going over then we noticed a TV camera. It turns out there was a town hall meeting regarding the ferry service, both CBC and CTV news and a newspaper reporter were attending. We checked the online news that night and we managed to get in a few shots on the newscast. We visited the Oak Island display in Chester, that’s as close as Denis can get to the treasure because they only do the tours in the summer. We made another quick visit to Peggy’s Cove and all was peaceful once again. On the way back I got Denis to drop me off at the Peggy of the Cove gallery. There really was a Peggy, apparently as a child she was rescued from a ship that wrecked on the rocks there. They asked me to sign the guest book and I noticed that the person who signed 3 lines previously was from Peace River and had been there an hour earlier.

Sep 25 – moving on from our week on St Margaret’s Bay we toured a bit around Bedford and Sackville and ended up in Dartmouth. We checked out the Schubenacadie Canal, at one time there was a water route from Halifax harbour all the way to Cobequid Bay (that's through the middle of Nova Scotia). It became obsolete when the railroad was built. 

Sep 26 – we went into Halifax again, visited the Prince of Wales Tower. We went back to the waterfront and continued from where we left off on our previous visit. Had a seafood lunch on the waterfront and shopped a bit around the ‘historic properties’ shops.

Sep 27 – left Dartmouth and drove to Truro, found another farmer’s market and visited the Stanfield’s outlet store. We watched the tidal bore come in and it’s definitely more impressive in the day light (last time I was here we got up in the middle of the night to sit outside wrapped in blankets and not see much).

 

Tidal Bore - We think we were there at the wrong phase of the moon and maybe the wrong time of year but the river definitely changed direction and the sand bars were quickly flooded.

Denis is a bit upset today, the beast lost a hubcap! All the rough roads in Newfoundland and we were on the Trans Canada, hit a very rough bridge approach and there it went.

Sep 28 - we got an early start, left the trailer at Five Islands campground and drove towards Cape Chignecto. Saw quite a bit of territory, Parsboro, Spencer's Island, Joggins, Amherst, Springhill, etc. We arrived at Joggins at high tide, not a good time to see the fossil cliffs. Amherst has an abundance of lovely old buildings built with red sandstone. The leaves are turning and it was a beautiful sunny day so we really enjoyed the drive. There are many blueberry fields, and the plants turn a vibrant maroon red.

Sep 29 - another leisurely morning, then we headed back to Bedford to be near the airport.

Sep 30 - we drove to Cow Bay and stopped at Rainbow Beach but it was too windy to enjoy a walk on the beach. We revisited Fisherman's Cove at Eastern Passage and had fish & chips for lunch, did a little shopping and then came back to the trailer so I could pack.

Yup I'm flying home for 2 weeks to catch up on a few things, especially some grandkid hugs! Denis will stay here and do some maintenance on the equipment. So no blog for a couple weeks.