Off to Newfoundland!

The past several days have been spent exploring the charming seaside fishing villages of Chester, Lunenburg and Mahone Bay. This area is known as the South Shore of Nova Scotia, where lighthouses and weathered, shingled buildings perch at the rocky edge of the sea. This is the Nova Scotia of postcards and picture books.

One of the highlights of our time there was a visit to famous "Peggy's Cove", which has, perhaps, one of the most photogrphed lighthouses in the world. The cove has an almost picture perfect little fishing village with fishing boats bobbing in the postage stamp-sized harbor. The day we were there the sky was covered in a dense fog, which only added to the errily beautiful sight. We joined the throngs of visitors climbing over the rocks jutting out to sea, all with cameras in our hands to try and capture some of the beauty of this unusual place.

Our day in Lunenburg was another delight! It is home to the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. Our one hour tour helped us to understand the life of the old time fishermen in this area. A time when fishing was done from dories, which were loaded onto huge schooners and taken out to sea. One of the most well-known of these schooners was called "The Blue Nose", Canada's most recognized and most storied ship. The Blue Nose was built in Lunenburg in 1921 as a fishing schooner. But, it was an exceptionally fast schooner and also captured the International Fisherman's Trophy for 18 years. They have an entire store devoted to "The Blue Nose".

We arrived in Sydney, Nova Scotia late yesterday afternoon, after a long day of driving. Sydney is a good location for exploring the Cabot Trail, which begins just outside of Sidney. Our campsite is perched up on a bluff overlooking the beautiful Bras d' Or lake. Gorgeous views from here but.............took Barry some real maneuvering to get our big rig into this "back-in" site. The real trick was to try and back it in without driving the truck over the cliff and into the water. Oh, the joys of RVing!!

Our plan is to leave here early tomorrow morning to take our truck onto the ferry headed to Newfoundland. We will store our RVs here at the Sidney/Cabot Trail Campground for the 10 days that we will be gone. We will stay at inns, lodges, cabins and B&Bs while in Newfoundland. So................we are off for yet another adventure.

Next posting will be from this wildly beautiful and primitive place!