A Day from a Story Book... September 11, 2012

This morning we woke VERY early in order to witness the "highest tides" in Canada at Hall's Harbour. The tide was expected to be at peek at 9:50 am, and our campsite was a little better than 1 hour north west of us.   After the high winds & rains of yesterday, when I woke I peered out the bedroom window to what looked like a fantastic day!  The crescent moon and planet which hovered just over our campsite was an absolute spectacle unto itself.  We loaded up the truck for the day and headed for the hills - literally.



Hall's Harbour - breathtaking!

 We arrived at about 7:45am, as there was no sense in arriving just in time to see the water at it's peek!  As soon as we crested our last hill before reaching our destination point, we knew something special awaited ahead!  The view was absolutely breathtaking.  The sounds of waves crashing against large break wall rocks and the rush of filtering water through the tiny pebbles on the beach was absolutely devine!

The tide wasn't as spectacular as we had hoped it would be, albeit it did rise over 29 feet.  The problem is, the body of water it's rises from is so massive, it's hard to measure with the human eye. Never-the-less, the crashing waves on the beach were beautiful ( and I have the '427' pictures to prove it!)  Oddly enough we were treated to an amazing spectator sport while there - the removal of a medium sized lobster boat from the harbour by a massive 10 ton craine lift!  Ken was in heaven, and I am certain the Kathleen Zamin boys would be impressed right along with him!  The whole lifting process, from positioning the craine to having the boat secured on dry land took about an hour. This free activity was money well spent I'd say!

Flying ships of Hall's Harbour



Farming Patchwork of five
different counties in
North Shore, Nova Scotia



From here we travelled a little more north east to the "Look Off", a strip of land which ascends above the landscape to view 5 counties of the region in one fowl swoop!  From here we saw the coastline moving to low tide, the patchwork farms, largely of broccoli fields, apple orchards and vineyards, and all the hilled landscapes of the roadways that got us to the Look Off. 

 

We then took a walking tour through Wolfeville.  The warm sunny day was screaming our names!  We had lunch at the Wolfeville Library Pub, took our traditional picture of the town library, and discovered when I spoke to the librarian at the circulation desk that we in fact were only a mere 10 minute drive to the nearest Bookmobile stop!  In the car and off we were to White Rock Community Centre!  There she was, perched neatly in the parking lot! Seeing the Bookmobile in Fredericton was cool, but seeing the Bookmobile in the field here in Nova Scotia?  Priceless!



The older, well worn bus was a sight for site eyes!  Once inside, we spoke with Librarian Driver Wally and Librarian Wendy.  We discovered this particular stop was being discontinued as of today and replaced with another stop within the region.  As I would be in this situation, Wendy appeared quite emotional when discussing the discontinued stop.  Seems to me, once again, the same language is spoken even though geographically we are miles apart!

Wally & Wendy gave Ken & I a 'parting gift': a Tall Ship coffee table book of which we insisted they, along with the 2 other patrons who were regulars at this stop, autograph it as this would mark our first time and their last time at this stop.  The one patron told us she has introduced 4 generations to this bookmobike service.  Wendy & I exchanged contact information and off the bookmobile went, down the road to the next waiting community.  Our horns of thanks and appreciation were in sync with each other as we parted ways.

After a few last minute errands, we returned to our camp to enjoy the park and tide beach.  We packed this day with a ton of tourist gawking, and now it has to be at least beer-thirty!  Shortly after we returned and beverages were poured, who arrives - Dana, Linda and Maggie Coulombe!  A pleasant surprise, and a nice sunset visit with them on the tide beach ended our day.

From the Sunset Shores of Evangeline Beach

Off towards Halifax tomorrow.  The forecast is predicting unseasonably warm temperatures and lots of sunshine.  See Joyce, the Almanac NEVER fails us!

That's "That's 'bout it" ~ our new local talk sign off...talk to ya tomorrow,

Ken and Tricia