NOVA SCOTIA - 2009
Days One through Six (June 21-26)
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DAY ONE: HALIFAX, Sunday, June 21
Stuck in Halifax when Ginny's luggage got delayed, we spent the first day of summer in the rain visiting Pier 21 and a Brewery in downtown Halifax. We had lunch at the brewery's Red Stag Tavern.
DAY TWO: TRAVEL TO CHETICAMP, Monday, June 22
We picked up Ginny's suitcase at the airport and hit the road for Cheticamp.
Causway to Lunch Stop Gin's socks It was pretty, but this was where we met
Cape Breton matched the moss. the black flies.
Celtic Music Glenora Distillery The Inn at The View from Stone Church
Interp. Centre Cheticamp Our Window in Cheticamp
DAY THREE: WHALE WATCHING, Tuesday, June 23
In the morning we sailed out of Cheticamp and watched Minke whales.
Thermal Heading Out in Born to Be on Minke Whale Sun's out! Cheticamp Harbor
Floatation Suit Rain the Water
In the afternoon, we sailed out of Plesant Bay and watched Pilot whales. Both whale-watching trips were in
"Zodiacs" (a Zodiac is a rubber raft on steroids!).
On the way to Pleasant Bay Pleasant Bay More Thermal
Flotation Suits
Whale Spout Pilot whales tend to swim in pods. They came right alongside the Zodiac.
Mother I took 52 photos of pilot whales. Fishing Cove Sea Cave
& Baby These are merely a sample!
DAY FOUR: THE CABOT TRAIL & CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK
Wednesday, June 24
Fog again... Wildflowers in a fen on top of a mountain. Fen Pond Dragonfly on
Pond Flower
Fog rolls in & creeps up valley. First hike, to a waterfall. Our first beach, near Ingonish.
Fishing boat from a look off. Back to Cheticamp at sunset.
DAY FIVE: CHETICAMP TO TRURO, Thursday, June 25
Beach at Lake Wildflowers at Lake Ainsley The sun came out at Melmerby Beach
Ainsley, in fog. where we had lunch, near New Glasgow.
We arrived at the Palliser Motel in Truro and wondered what people seemed to be
watching on the Salmon River. It turned out we were JUST IN TIME to witness the
Tidal Bore, created by the rising tide being funneled into a narrow space. The sequence of
photos below was taken in the space of 2 to 3 minutes. The water was moving FAST.
After watching the tidal bore, we did laundry, and
encountered this rainbow and wildflowers (lupine)
on the way back to our room. In the grass by the road we also saw a pheasant!
DAY SIX: PARRSBORO & CAPE D'OR LIGHTHOUSE, Friday, June 26
Folks
in Nova Scotia have a great sense of humor. These "creatures" were on the
city lake in Parrsboro.
<--- Hermit Crab...really!
The brochures said one could walk around this rocky peninsula and pick up amythests and other gem stones
when the tide was out. We hunted for two-and-a-half hours, found some nice rocks, but no gems--and it was HOT.
Flowers on the way to Cape D'Or.
Cape D'Or--more fog...and definitely cooler than Parrsboro.
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