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Today we are at a very nice RV Park in Antigonish after arriving from Pictou. The previous night we stayed just west of Truro after driving from Hopewell Cape. On Wednesday we ate supper at a truck stop with Advertised 'home-cookin.' Big servings of trucker food at very reasonable prices and, as expected, good coffee. The washrooms of Elm River Campground were superb, although the general look of the place left something to be desired. Only two or three RVs besides ourselves.
Pictou is a town that ten years ago decided to renovate their waterfront in the hopes of establishing a tourist trade. The centerpiece is a full scale reproduction of the sailing ship Hector, a 85' Dutch-built vessel which brought~200 Scots to Nova Scotia in 1773 on a 12 week voyage, the horrors of which can only be imagined standing below deck where bunks had been constructed that were reminiscent of the films we see of the barracks of the Holocaust. A frightful voyage it must have been as the Scots were escaping the tight-fisted rule of the British who had conquered Scotland in the 1740s.
Ten years were required to build the Hector which is alongside a marvelous three-story post and beam building which serves as a museum. Also on the quay is a blacksmith shop, a carpenter shop and a rigging loft whee the work was done to build the Hector.
This was a multi-million $ project which I sensed had languished as the recession and high price of fuel conspired to keep tourists away last year. Here's hoping to a better year. Including Carol and I, there were 1/2 dozen visitors in the afternoon. We were able to park the RV nearly in front of the building.
We finished the day with a short walk to a very nice bistro in Antigonish and enjoyed delicious mussels, lobster linguine and a Greek penne dish with plenty of leftovers. We brought home a piece of pecan pie that Carol say is the best she's ever eaten. Nice!
Tomorrow we're off to Louisburg on Cape Breton Island with fine weather predicted. Today was 84 degrees and sunny with a stiff northwesterly breeze.
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