Rick's C2C: CAR/MAR Week #5

8/4/25

We drove into Halifax and went to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic which had an interesting display about the Halifax Explosion of 1917. Then we walked the Halifax boardwalk (mostly kid's stuff). At the end we found a brewery where Zac could lay in the shade and watch us have a beer and cider. Then it was off to the The Halifax Explosion Memorial Bell Tower which over looks the pier of the explosion. Then was back to the campground to watch Zac hunt squirrels .

Zac on the hunt

8/5/25

A do nothing day. We found a liquor store to resupply and then fill our empty propane tank (the camper has two 11# tanks)

A note about liquor: all Canadian liquor stores we have been to have NO USA spirts or wine. (I did find one shelf of Southern Comfort, the canadians must not think New Orleans is park of the USA; of course it is French)

Note the USA/Irish whiskey selection at today's store---the USA selection is to the lower left. The Guiness is on the US side.

8/6/25

We continued our drive down the east coast; our destination is Lunenburg. First, we went to Peggy's Cove an interesting tourist trap with a lighthouse and spectacular shoreline views. This spot is one of the three points use to triangulate the wreck of Swiss Air Flight 111. Continuing down the road you come to the Swiss Air Memorial. As you drive down the coast there are numerous bays and coves to weave around, which made us wish we had our Miata and not the Tundra. Finally we arrived at Lunenburg. This town had a wonderful water front and in port was the Bluesnose II to Lynn's delight. The campground was a city owned site, pleasant but mostly a RV park.

Peggy's Cove

Swiss Air Memorial

St. Margaret's Bay (Taken in honor of our friend Margaret P.)

Lunenburg

and the Bluenose II

Our campsite

Velvet buck near our campsite

View from the campground

8/7/25

Next we went to Kejimkujik National Park (try to pronounced that). We wanted to drive the coast again. However, we took another cable ferry to cross one of the many coastal lnlets. Canadian National parks are so different than US National Park; pleasant and generally not over crowded with great washroom facitlies. This park could be compared with the Bourdary Waters, but on a smaller scale.

Two days ago the province declared an open fire band and which also closed almost all hiking trails in the province. This really limited what we could do in the park. Apparently New Brunswick did the same.

Cable ferry

Some interest things seen on the drive: PWHL Barbies at Tim Hortons

Canadian McDonalds Semi

Zac on Squirel patrol

Beach in the Park

Campsite in the Park

One reason forr the delay in this blog -- Starlink did not work and cell service sucked (First World problem)

A bear craved in the woods

Very Canadian campsite

8/8/25

Lay over day in Kejimkujik National Park. We took in what we could via truck and did a short B'day hike on the two trails that were open (one was campground to campground, the other parking lot to parking lot)

wigwam in the park

8/9/25

We took the coatal route around the southern end of NS. to our next campground at Valleyview Provincal Park which is on the Fundy side of NS..

Campsite at Valleyview.

8/10/25

A campsite layover day at Valleyview Provincial Park. This day we were tourists. We are in the "valley". There is a "mountain ridge along the coast and then another ridge 4-5+ miles inland. The locals call this the Valley. Both run parallel to the coast.Towards the south end of the valley is Port Royal the original French establishment of 1605. To the north a mile or two is Ft Anne a more permanent settlement. After being tourists there we crossed the coastal " mountain " and found a funky spot where I had Lobster Poutine.

View of the valley