Canadian Maritimes August 10-11, 2019

Day 62 Saturday August 10, 2019 Today was a free day so we went to Annapolis Royal and walked through their Farmers Market. We didn't buy anything but there was a lot of local farmers selling their produce, a couple of French Bakers selling bread, etc. and several craft vendors and a lot of people checking things out. Then we drove to Digby about 20 miles away to use the WiFi at Tim Hortons. They had two locations about a mile apart. The first one did not sell Lattes and their WiFi was slow. I call these locations Timmy Hortons because they have not grown up yet. The second one had what we wanted and good WiFi and it was super busy and noisey. Sure glad I didn't have to concentrate on what I was doing  too much or the noise would have bothered me.

We rode through town and out to the Point Prim Lighthouse to get a look around and take some photos.

On the way back through town we stopped for a few groceries and for lunch at the Sunset Pub and Restaurant for a plate of scallops before returning to the campground.

We had our drivers meeting at 7PM for tomorrow’s drive.

Day 63 Sunday August 11, 2019 We departed at 9:15AM for our 180 mile drive to Elm River Campground in Debert Nova Scotia traveling over some roads that we traveled on a few weeks ago as we made our way North to Newfoundland. We took a short recommended side trip to Grand Pre to see some more of the Acadia history. They had a large parking lot for RVs so several of our group did the side trip.

Nice fluffy clouds on our route

The visitors center had a lot of artifacts from the time the original Acadians settled here before they were forcibly deported by the French Government. Some of them went to Louisiana and are know as Cajans now. Some went to Europe and some escaped and returned to the area later. We saw a 22 minute documentary film about the deportation then walked some of the grounds to a church, a blacksmith shop that had a number of tools from the time the original Acadians lived here and could see some of the marsh land that has been drained of the salt water using dykes.

Sample of Dykes

Holder for oxen so blacksmith can put shoes on

We arrived at our campground about 2:30PM and the owner gave us a handheld radio and then he led us to our FHU pull through campsite (# 28) as he gave us a running commentary about the campground, the WiFi, the rules, the gate closing/opening times, etc. Another unique experience. He was much friendlier than the lady at the last campground and we are allowed to wash the bugs off the front of the motorhomes here. The last two or three campground has forbidden us from doing that and the bugs were beginning to pile up on the windshield.

The Wagonmasters, Tailgunners and Terry (one of our group) grilled hamburgers, prepared salads and desserts for our supper. Terry said he didn't want the burgers grilled like the Canadian Restaurants are required by law to do. They are required to cook them well done and Terry said they are like hockey pucks. He and Lena had one a few days ago and both said they were way overcooked.

Then we had our drivers meeting for our 118 mile driver tomorrow. This will be our last night in Nova Scotia as tomorrow we will be back in New Brunswick.