We left the house around 8:45 this morning with day trip plans to travel North visiting Southshore cities on the ocean. We started this morning by visiting the Crescent Beach area. The travel guides state that you can drive your car onto the beach. We had trouble finding the area described in the guides. Once found, the high tide and threatening rain made it impossible to try driving on the beach. We could see why this is such a popular area of Nova Scotia. We continued our drive along the coast to La Have. Here we were treated to wonderful baked goods at the La Have Bakery. We purchased sticky buns, a bowl of soup and loaves of french and cheese bread along with coffee. This was a very good mid-morning treat. We made our way down the street to the ferry crossing. We crossed the La Have river on the ferry and continued down the road to Lunenburg. Here we found a quaint harbor town with several streets of shops and a bustling wharf area. We visited many of the shops and then watched the tour sail boat Bluenose II launch with passengers preparing for a windy ride. We then traveled up the coast to Mahone Bay where we ate lunch at the Mug and Anchor. Like all our meals to date, it was excellent. Seafood does not get any better than when it is caught in the waters that you can see. We then traveled around the bay towards Peggy’s Cove. We stopped at the memorial to the victims of the Swiss Air plane disaster. This memorial is positioned in line with the site of the crash and the neighboring harbor town that assisted with the recovery of the airplane wreckage. We left the memorial for a short drive to Peggy’s Cove. This harbor was built around the fishing industry years ago. The lighthouse located there is on an outcrop of large rocks. This photographic setting made for good pictures as well as fun climbing the rocks. We then drove North passing through Halifax on our way to Truro. We will be spending the night here with plans to watch the tidal bore tomorrow. The rising tide pushes into the Bay of Fundy and the rivers that flow into the bay. The tide water’s collide with the river water running in the opposite direction which results in the creation of waves large enough to surf or to ride over in zodiac boats. The Bay of Fundy experiences extreme differences in high and low tides. We are looking forward to seeing this phenomenon tomorrow.
Here is a slideshow of pictures from today:
More later . . .
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