"One
Day at a Time, 2015” ..... Canada ..... July 16th - August 19th,
2015
July 26th – Day 11 – 252 Google KM – Travel Day
Before we left the area, we stopped first at the beach near
our campground, and then at The Landscape of Grand Pré – Canada’s 16th
World Heritage Site, inscribed by UNESCO in 2012. The 13 square-kilometer site is located on
the Bay of Fundy’s Minas Basin in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. We only had time to do a quick tour of the
Visitor Center, but it contained a wealth of information about the Acadian
peoples, their traditional farming settlement using different techniques (dykes
& aboiteaux (wooden-sluices)) to drain their land. We wished we had more time but we were
uncertain of how much time we would need to drive to our next destination.
We usually made a point of utilizing the main highways to
get to our destination (can you say boring?) and then after settling in to our
CG, we would start traveling the small country roads that had the best
scenery. We had to bypass some of the
towns we wanted to see (Bear River, Digby, Westport
and Cape St. Marys) or we
never would have made it to Yarmouth (actually the CG was in Arcadia) before
dark. So much to see and so little
time!!
We arrived at Camper’s Haven; shortly after we arrived
another Thor Tuscany pulled in next to us.
We met Paul and Sally from Massachusetts. They had just traveled from Baddeck, another
region we will be traveling to shortly.
They have had a few glitches with their RV, also. In fact, their large awning was duct taped in
place!
July 27th –
Day 12 – Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
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I was able to take a picture of the lighthouse and the low tide near the turnoff for Bear River.
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We decided the best way to see Yarmouth was to take a walking tour. We picked up our map at the Visitor's Center and off we went. |
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| This is Yarmouth's finest example of a Gothic Revival home. Their was a twin house next door but it was lost to fire in 1992. |
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| This is Mark MacPhearson. He owns the gray home with the beautiful colored decorative window accents. He is from Baddeck (where we eventually will visit) and gave us some pointers on what to see. He had taken a few days off to work around the house; said it has been a labor of love but a lot of work. We all know how that goes! |
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| This house was across the street from Mark's. It was purchased by the owner of Fox network. |
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| These pictures depict the scene outside the Yarmouth County Museum built in 1893 of Shelburne Country granite. It was originally the Congregational Tabernacle and now houses a historical museum showcasing Yarmouth's sea-faring past. |
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| This home was constructed for the Lovitt Family in the late 1800s. This is a Georgian style home and the tower of glass was added in 1891. |
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| This is Donna. She works at the W. Laurence Sweeney Fisheries Museum. Bruce and I really enjoyed our time here. But for some unknown reasons, all my pictures of it are gone! Click on the link to see their slideshow. |
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| Blurry photo of Rudder's where we decided to indulge in our first big seafood experience! |
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| First we decided on a beer fleet. |
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| We had one of each. |
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| We liked every morsel. Neither one of us had ever had mussels; we discovered we love them! |
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| Picture from the dock. |
July 28th – Day 13 – Yarmouth/Arcadian Shores
Tuesday started out miserably – buckets of rain! I worked on my bills and checking
account. The minute it started to clear
up (1:30 pm), we left the RV headed for a ride hoping to make it to Digby. We had both wanted to go there on our way
through.
We took Routes 101 and 1 which ran along the coast. I snapped pictures all along the way …
churches, lighthouses, scenery, ocean … the Canadians did not build up their
entire seashore with commercial development so one is still able to see a
lot. We were very thankful for that!! We feasted on apples, oranges and granola bars in the fog at a pull-off near the ocean.
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| As you can see, we started out in the fog! |
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| Near Belliveau Cove, we decided to turn left here and see what there was to see. ( The Joseph and Marie Dugas Municipal Park, named after the first Acadian couple to arrive in the area in 1768, has a wharf, lighthouse and 5km nature trail bordering the shoreline and freshwater wetlands. At Major's Point, the first Acadian cemetery dating from 1755 and The Little Chapel or "La petite chapelle" can be visited. ) |
It was such fun to walk on the rocks looking for unusual ones. We came upon this wind-blown monument to someone or something, and Zoey decided a mud bath was appropriate. As we were leaving, we met a couple who had taken the ferry over from Portland, Maine and were out seeing the "lay of the land" like we do!
We saw so many beautiful churches.
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| Sainte-Marie's |
And lighthouses ....
Made it to the town of Digby but it was late and we knew we still had to return, so we took a few pictures, yearned for some more of their Digby scallops (Rudder's plate), and headed for Camper's Haven.
As we left Digby to head back, we passed by the Maud Lewis Memorial. I had never heard of her but I read about her and her wee, little house so I made Bruce go back so I could take pictures. Believe you me, the house is small!
We sure did pack a lot into that ride!
Posted on September 28, 2015
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