Jul 28 - Whale Cove, Digby Neck, NS
Well, that was the week that was. Halifax: been
there, done that! But now it's time to pull up
stakes and move on.
Today we travel counter-clockwise from Halifax
through Windsor, Wolfville, New Minas to Digby,
then on to Whale Cove Campground on the
Digby Neck. This is the spit of land that "sticks out" into the Bay of Fundy.
In Wolfville, home of Acadia University, we pulled into a parking lot right on the water. Well it would have been had the tide been in.
If that looks like red muck, it is. Just wait 6 hrs and this will be full of water, almost the same colour. This was one of the reasons we chose the South Shore when we moved to Nova Scotia back in 2009. West coast water isn't this red colour. But the Atlantic Ocean is, depending on the weather, blue just like out west.
Anyway, we drove Hwy 1 pretty much the entire way to Digby where we headed out Digby Neck. We purposefully stayed off the main highway 101. Too fast, too much traffic; we're in no hurry.
We arrived at Whale Cove campground mid-afternoon. Tina, the owner, showed me a couple of choices. Once I backed into our spot, Jen hit the couch while I tended to setup chores. It had been a long day for Jen – the secondary roads, while much better than in New Brunswick, still can be a little hard on the spine, especially when you don't have anything to hang onto, like a steering wheel.
While Jen rested, I checked out the campground and walked to the Bay of Fundy "overlook". Tina had mentioned that this was a great place to watch the sunset.
Tomorrow we are going to take the ferry to Long Island. We want to see the Balancing Rock but it's at the end of a
1.2 km walk with steps, so Jen will have to stay behind.
See you there!
I tried a picture of the sunset from the shore of Whale Cove.
After dinner we went for a walk (for a soft ice cream at the food truck on site). Then Jen suggested we walk down the road towards Whale Cove. Or at least we though it was down the road so we stopped a lady walking towards us to ask her. Surprise. She did not speak much English. She preferred French. Well, we got the jist of what she was saying – yes Whale Cove is at the end, and there are whales there.
Allllllright let's head back to the van and drive to the cove (just over 1 km). As we walked back, the lady got into a car and came towards us. The driver confirmed he had seen whales from the cove.
We drove to the cove and pulled in beside the couple. We started chatting. Of course by the time we arrived the whales had moved on. Christian asked our names and we introduced ourselves to Christian and May, hometown: Quebec City. I gave Christian our card. We talked at length then said our goodbyes. Christian and Mai are heading for the Cabot Trail tomorrow.
