One Foggy Day in Nova Scotia…part 1

Rain, fog, sun, wind, bugs and fabulous people! Our trip around Nova Scotia had it all. 

Nova Scotia foggy old barn waiting to be seen.

It was neither expected or unexpected but we went juggling the challenges of the weather, finding camping, even with 3 different apps, and knowing it was all part of the adventure.  One would think that living in New England would have prepared us for all of the above.  Apparently, even though we had checked the weather (rain) and opted to go anyway, we expected N.S. to forget about the rain and roll out the beautiful sun each and every day.  Well that surely would have met with a favorable response.   It is also laughable. . . . Only option was to ENJOY !

Camping in the Almost Rain

On this night we enjoyed the outdoors on a beach in Belliveau Cove (Doucette Point). It was a beautiful beach filled with pebbles and trees and mosquitos. The sunset behind the clouds was probably full of color, but only in our imagination. The night was restful and quiet with plenty of rain to wash the bugs away.

Cliffs on the Beach

A beach just made to explore, enjoy and immerse in it’s rain, rocks, waterfalls, cliffs, vegetation and streams. A place that screams to park the truck and put up the tent and rest your head for the night. After adventuring across slippery wet rocks, getting quite soaked, and encouraging the dog on and off of many rock piles, we made the difficult decision to leave pure heaven to avoid yet another night of rain. Sigh… we really did sigh.

The North Kingston area is where we drove into the quaint inn, The Aurora Inn that fortunately had a vacancy. This was our stop for the night instead of camping on the Bay of Fundy. Intending to circumvent the rain, but ultimately it stopped raining but it was a good place to dry out for the evening. 

Having a great suite of rooms to allow the dog some room to roam, ok she chose which bed to sleep on while we went to dinner, as well as take a shower and regroup from our hasty departure the night before. (we took showers, not the dog )This made the choice to sleep indoors for the night a good one.

Union Street Cafe

Our Aurora Inn hosts were very helpful with nearby restaurant dinner choices and also breakfast for the next day.  The Union Street Café, was quiet but it was mid week and had a hip, cozy vibe, with eclectic patrons and wonderful service. The meal was delicious and we savored every bite. 

This is the kind of place we would frequent if we lived nearby.

Breakfast at the Green Elephant was just the type of charming place you need on vacation. Surely a local favorite that greeted familiar faces and some took a seat at what seemed like a usual table.

The menu was filled with enticing choices. The smell of vanilla and aroma of strong coffee lead our noses to Belgian waffles topped with strawberries, whipped cream and drizzled with chocolate. The perfect pairing, as you would expect, was a steaming latte.

Boats, boats and more boats…

The coastline was filled with fishing boats and pleasure boats. Colorful and sleeping in their slips.

Lobster Boats Resting…

Cape Breton which was further along in our adventure was as picture perfect as advertised.

The road continued to take us southward around the lower peninsula along the coastline, landing us in Digby where we feasted on lobster rolls at Rudders Brew Pub.  I mean, let’s be honest, if you are in Nova Scotia, you MUST find a lobster roll. We were not disappointed.

Butterflies meet …

Nature was everywhere and pinpointing where to look at times difficult. Lush greenery post rain and then the fog. In between the bugs danced.

One of the hopes for this trip was to see a light house or two. The search of these structures was not difficult, but what we discovered were many smaller in height than imagined. These included Fort Point Park Lighthouse, Margarettsville and Cape Forchu.  They seemed to be scattered all around the coastline in great number as opposed to great height.  Being that this province was particularly foggy, which seems to be the norm, having so many made quite a bit of sense.  That said we remained surprised. 

Fort Point Park Lighthouse…

The Fort Point Lighthouse is rich with history and video accounts from a caretakers son. It rises up from its landing spot in Liverpool just outside of Lunenburg a cute and colorful town just right for a lunch break at the Smoke Pitt BBQ and coffee at the Barn Coffee & Social Spot right outside of town.

Each did bring with it a history and uniqueness.  Looking back, having so many to choose from yet lacking in height was probably much better.

Because there was so much more that we experienced it is necessary to allow you time to absorb the beginnings and wait for what is to come. More lighthouses, camp spots, beaches and of course the Puffins.

Please come back for the next parts of the story completing the foggy, soggy, and buggy adventure in Canada.

Take A seat and wait for part 2…

A restful spot at Cape Forchu