Ahhh..............Nova Scotia's Maritime Coast

Yesterday we left Cheticamp and began our way south with blue skies and warm temperatures through the central part of Nova Scotia, eventually finding ourselves at the Lisscombe Lodge. A pretty cool place if you are spending a couple of days with backpacking, sea kayaking, and tons of nature activities. In fact, there was a yearly meeting of the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources occurring when we arrived! However, I didn't meet up with them until this morning after breakfast. After the mandatory DNR secret handshake and exchanging of the "hidden society"passwords, we spoke for a few minutes before heading out and once again mounting our bikes.

Today was another gorgeous day, sunny and in the mid 70's. We followed the Maritime Trail along the coast all the way to Peggy's Cove. Another spectacular day of scenery, driving quietly along the coast, and occasionally dropping into some small fishing village. The road was sometimes a little rough, but beyond that the ride couldn't have been more delightful. We passed through a couple of small towns just as the schools were letting out for summer. The kids all seemed excited to see us as they waved and shouted as we passed by. We honked our horns and enthusiastically waved to each and everyone of them. Around 1 PM, we had made our way to the Peggy's Cove B&B, our stop for the night. They warmly welcomed us, but said our room wouldn't be ready until 3 PM, but that was OK with us as we were ready to eat and explore some.

Peggy's Cove has the most photographed light house in Canada, and it didn't take long to understand why. The light house sits on an extremely rocky point, jutting out into the Atlantic. We stopped in the "Nor Easter" restaurant and sampled some more local delicacies. I had Lobster Potato Cakes, Jenn had a Lobster Roll, and Daniel had a Haddock dinner. We quickly ate and walked down to the shore to see what all the hubub was about! WOW, it was awesome! we spent the afternoon climbing over the rocks, with monstrous waves crashing around us, while listening to a bagpipe player playing out on the point. We then settled back into our cabin over looking the cove, and just enjoying the day. We went down to a place called Shaw's and enjoyed some more local food, before retiring back to our place and sipping some local "Fireball" cinnamon flavored  whiskey as the sun again was setting. Our last night in Nova Scotia :(. Tomorrow we head back over to Digby and the ferry for our ride back to the mainland. So good night from Nova Scotia for the last time.