Our agenda for today was to continue along the coast and around the bottom of Nova Scotia at least as far as Yarmouth. We left Whale Cove Campground, still sunny and nice, and drove back up Digby Neck. Then we proceeded down the coast with St. Mary's Bay next to us and Digby Neck across the water. This area of the coast has the largest concentration of Acadian descendants. (This is also where the Louisiana Cajuns originated.) They speak a French dialect that was used in northern France in the 1600's, when they originally came to this region. Most of the signs were in French. Fishing is the primary business.
We planned on having lunch in Yarmouth at the Rudder's Seafood Restaurant and Brew Pub. It was our 32nd anniversary! We wanted to continue the Tour de Brew and try another local beer. It took a while to find it. Yarmouth is on the side of a hill and we had to take a detour back up a steep hill and onto a busy main road. I would have been a wreck. Greg did just fine! Finally we found a parking lot we could fit into and and got to have a celebratory lunch. I tried the Raspberry Blonde beer. Girly beer again. Not a big raspberry fan, but it was subtle and had no raspberry aftertaste. Greg tried the Town Brown and because he wasn't crazy about it, tried the Rudder's Red. Better... You can order beer in either 10 oz, 16 oz, or 20 oz sizes, in most pubs, so the 10 oz is good for lunch. Just enough to taste it. Not enough to make you miss the rest of the driving day! Greg ordered fried clams again. Not as good as the ones he had in Maine.
We took a short after lunch walk to check out the piers, which we couldn't access because this is a working fishing port, and along the main shopping street. Then we walked a bit through the historic residential area with some old ship's captain homes. At that point we got back in the RV and drove out of Yarmouth. I think we saw about all there was of interest in a short time. We got on the main Provincial highway to make better time, and stayed away from the winding beach roads.
We stopped for the night at Thomas Raddall Provincial Park in Port Joli on the south-east coast of Nova Scotia. This side has some sand beaches instead of rock bluffs. There was one other camper there in a trailer. We picked the only water view campsite out of close to 100. There were no hook-ups, but lots of peace and quiet, indoors. We found black flies, but for the first time also mosquitoes!
Before dinner we walked to the beach, quickly! There was a slight breeze by the water, and it was becoming overcast. If we kept walking we did okay, but there was no stopping. The beach was sandy with boulders and cobbles along a small bay. A very pretty setting, but we didn't stay long. Back in the camper we had dinner and a “Dr. Who” episode, our standby for when we can't steam or get local TV.
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| Our Beach at Thomas Raddall Provincial Park |
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| Our View from the RV |
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