Thursday, July 9

Peggy's Cove Day!

Found a solution to the refrigerator problem. The starter for the propane does not work, but Bill found a work-around that is a slight pain, but better than heading to a repair shop.

 

Peggy's Cove is a picturesque little tourist village just below our campground. We took advantage of our photo-ops, but lost our good light as mid-day arrived. Went back to the camper for lunch and to review the shots we captured. Nice! 

Bill also got some good 4K video of bagpiper who was playing out on the huge flat rocks by the lighthouse. Sounded so haunting and wonderful in this very Scottish land.

The plan is to return to Peggy's Cove to shoot the sunrise and in the early morning sun. Let's see if we can get up at 4:00 am and sneak out of the campground without waking our neighbors. It is time to eat up some miles on our quest for the Cabot Trail.

Fisherman's' sculpture in rock

 

Tuesday, 7/7/2015 (continued)

Just wanted to post some shots of the wonderful buildings in Lunenburg. You may click on the images for a larger version.

Wednesday, July 8

Today started with hard rain, then cloudy as we traveled up toward Peggy's Cove. Found a fabulous campground, King Neptune, which gave us a spot right on the water of St. Margaret's Bay. In fact, if you tried to walk around in the dark, you might fall into the water. 

I ran around taking as many photos as I could before it started raining again, but it was wonderful sitting at the table in the camper looking out the window at this view. Now it has stopped and the sky is getting lighter. Looking at Photographers' Ephemeris app trying to figure out where the sunset and sunrise will be and at what time.

Only blip in the trip is that the refrigerator has stopped working with propane. We have plugged into the service here at the campground and it works with electricity. Will have to find a place for service tomorrow - after Peggy's Cove, which is why we are here!

 

We stayed up late tonight having a nice meal, feeding a campfire, drinking a little wine, and doing long exposures. Mine were okay, but Bill did some HDR that were amazing. I'll try to get him to give me a couple to post later.

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Some of Bill's shots:

The Train Museum in Lunenberg

 St. Margaret's

Tuesday, July 7

Another beautiful day! The plan was to walk down (and I mean down - steeply) to the harbor and spend the day in Lunenburg.










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There are many interesting boats docked in the harbor, the most notable being the Bluenose II. This schooner has been to Gloucester to compete in the races many times. Beautiful wooden ship that we boarded and toured.

We had lunch right on the water - lobster roll and baked haddock. Then we sailed on the Eastern Star, a 48 foot wooden ketch - a two hour ride. My first trip sailing! It was wonderful. Again, met some very nice people - some from the U.S. - Massachusetts and Texas. Bill had a great time chatting with the captain and even piloting the boat.
















The walk back up to the campground was longer and, of course, uphill. We took a circuitous route, walking streets laid out in a grid pattern, taking photos of the colorful and interesting buildings. Everywhere you go, there are homes painted bright red, purple and pink - a lovely background to a wonderful place. My favorite so far.

Some shots from Bill:

Monday, July 6

Happy Monday! (Easy to say when you are retired)

Packed up and headed up the coast to Lunenburg, a beautiful seaport town which we cannot wait to explore tomorrow. They offer free wifi to visitors so I am staying up late to catch up on the blog, while Bill walked around visiting with the other campers. Says it reminds him of the community of boaters back when he sailed.














Found a scenic view at our campsite that Kirby approved of!

Sunday, July 5th

We next spent two nights in Thomas H. Raddall Provincial Park in Port Joli, Nova Scotia on the southern coast. We did quite a bit of hiking down beautiful forest paths to the ocean. Lovely flowers and moss and gorgeous beaches. The water in the northern part of the park had the most direct Atlantic Ocean contact so was very cold - like the numbing waters of Maine. However, the water was warm enough in the southern beach for me to actually jump in and swim a bit! 

We met a very nice local couple on the beach and spent a long time talking there learning about the area and answering their questions about the U.S. They have invited us to come stay with them on our trip back. The people here are so nice. Bill says everyone is happy because they are on vacation.  I certainly can understand that!