September 21--Leaving Nova Scotia

Well, today was another traveling day. We got up, had breakfast, packed up and headed out of Nova Scotia. It did take us a while to get out. We drove through the morning fog and mist into the sunlight away from the river and ocean. Western Nova Scotia is lovely with rolling hills and farms, and a few larger towns. By the time we got to Moncton outskirts, the sun had disappeared and the temperature had dropped enough for me to ask for a stop so I could get my electric clothes back on and warm up.

Ahh, heated clothes! What a wonderful thing they are! They turn a gray, chilled to the bone, focused on cold fingers attitude into happy, content, just watching the scenery pass by! We finally got to the turn off from the Canadian version of a superhighway (we actually had to pay a $4.00 toll on it) onto a decidedly unsuper Hwy 114 headed east for Fundy National Park and the town of Alma, just outside the park on the coast side.


We skipped the campground and went right to town to get a bite to eat (lobster rolls and clam plates). It is blueberry season, and we did pass the blueberry capital of Nova Scotia earlier, so I had fresh blueberry cobbler for dessert. We both have to admit we are getting seafood’ed out. We went back to the only open campsite in the park, about 4 kilometers up the hill from the town and found a lovely site. They have washer and dryers, fire wood for sale, showers, and lots of private campsites. I scrounged for wood, and got enough for last night’s fire.

We got everything set up, and then headed back to Alma to see the high tide at 5:02 p.m. By the time we got back, the boats that I’d seen at the wharf high and dry earlier in the day were floating! It was pretty amazing.

We wandered around and took pictures and then headed to camp for a fire and the first episode of MadMen.

We had finished all the Hero episodes the night before (except for a few we accidentally skipped) and decided to move to MadMen.

If you haven’t seen this series, it’s worth watching. If you are a woman, you just have to be amazed at how far women have come since the 60’s, and why we moved as fast as we could away from that era (except, maybe, Sarah Palin). Thank God we got the vote (well, we will see in November!)!!!

Tomorrow we will be sightseeing around Fundy Drive, and head for low tide at Alma which is at 11:52 a.m. We want to walk out on the ocean bottom and see what turns up!