Friday, September 28, 2012
Blue Rock Harbor
The Canadian adventure continues! Up and at’em early this morning and the first stop was Blue Rock, a tiny coastal village that looks just like a picture postcard. Next stop was Liverpool where I stopped at the Regional Cultural Center to see the Outhouse Museum. It was entertaining, but more important, a once in a lifetime opportunity. : ) Then a quick stop to see the Fort Point Lighthouse and back on the road.
Cutting across the center of the province, my last destination of the day was Digby. Crossing Nova Scotia from Liverpool to Digby took about two hours and the scenery was trees. Maybe a house dotted here or there but no towns, gas stations or restaurants and very few cars . Lots of trees. Happliy, the maple trees were dressed with some reds and yellows which nicely complimented the evergreens.
Once at Digby, I was overjoyed to see it was low tide. Digby sits on the coast of the Bay of Fundy where there are extreme tides every six hours. You will see in my photos that the water was so low that the scallop boats moared in the harbor were sitting in only 3 feet of water. High tide, when it arrives, will be 26 feet. At high tide, the fisherman can walk directly onto their boats from the dock. BTW, Digby is also has the world’s largest scallop fleet. When it comes to seafood, scallops is my favorite, so guess what I had for dinner?
Tune in tomorrow – I board the ferry and, 3 hours later, arrive at St. John, New Brunswick to explore the Bay of Fundy part of my adventure!
The Outhouse Museum, Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Fort Point Lighthouse, Liverpool
Low Tide in Digby Harbor
Jeannie Blending in with the Locals.
More of Digby’s Harbor Low Tide
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