Yesterday we lazed around the KOA campground in West Halifax waiting for the weather to clear. About 1:00 pm we decided to stay with our original plan and head to Mahone Bay and Lunenburg. Shortly after arriving in Mahone Bay, the sun broke through and the remainer of the day was bright and clear.
Mahone Bay is a definite tourist magnet with upscale gift shops, great scenery and the famous 'three churches' side by side on the waterfront. Browsing a few gift shops and taking waterfront photos we visited Amos Pewter, a maker of a host of objects of all types form household decorations to jewelry in seashore motifs and other genres. It' similar to Danforth Pewter in Vermont, but with a much larger variety of pieces. Prices are high, but many people, even in this early season, were in the seaside shop.
On to Lunenburg, home of the famous Bluenose II sailing schooner. The waterfront is shipshape and the town is another tourist mecca not unlike Marblehead or Rockport MA. I took quite a few photos in that perfect late afternoon light. I hope they do some justice to the beautiful waterfront. We ate at the Old Fish Factory on the waterfront and finally had a decent lobster dinner accompanied by gloriously sweet fat local mussels. This was by far the best meal to date in wonderful ambiance! Then back to Halifax West KOA just before dark.
Today, we headed north to the Northumberland Coast and arrived early in the afternoon. We are now at Sunset Watch Ocean Front Family Campground at Brule Point near Tatamagouche. This campground is right on the ocean and is flat as a table and 100% lawn, very large with many tenting and RV sites. We stayed didn't sight-see today. Instead we walked the dogs on their long lines and spent time online (Verizon BroadBand...no WiFi at this location because this area does not yet have generally available broadband access to the Internet. It's been overcast all day and quite warm here, but also very windy.
Tomorrow we'll tour the coast and meander toward Prince Edward Island.
1 comment:
Hi mom & dad!
Thanks for updating this blog... it's nice to have this "contact" with you while you are gone. I hope that you are having a wonderful time. I'm in Canada tonight too, Vancouver!
your son,
Karl
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