Digby, Lunenburg & Peggy's Cove

We had an easy morning then a 3 hour ferry ride from Saint John to Digby.  From there we drove down the Digby Arm to Brier Island.  It took about 2 hours and 2 more ferry rides.  The last 2 ferries were only about a 5 min. trip across the water.  They had a problem with the second ferry so we had to wait about 1 1/2 hours until they got a diver to cut off a rope that got stuck around the prop.
We arrived at our Motel for the night, it was not fancy but what a view!!  We had a great dinner over looking the water & watching the ferry travel back and forth.

The next day we took a Whale watching tour.  It was a little windy and choppy on the water but it was a nice trip.  We saw 3 pairs of Humpback whales, the captain got us very close to them so we had a good look.  I have posted photos, the link is on the right.  The pictures don't do it justice.  We were on the boat for 3 hours.  The captain is also a Lobster fisherman during Lobster season which runs Nov - May.  He told us quite a bit about Lobster fishing, it was interesting.  There was a school of Atlantic White Sided Dolphons that came up to the boat and they were very active all around the boat.  They stayed with the boat for a few minutes then they took off.  I'm not sure how many but I would guess 10 - 15 of them. When we got back to the wharf we started our drive back to Digby, going over the 2 ferries again.  Then off to Bridgewater, on the East side of Nova Scotia to spend the night.

Today we drove into Lunenburg, that's where the Bluenose II is docked.  We walked around the waterfront then went into the Fishing Museum.  We both found that very interesting, they had lots of displays including 2 fishing boats in the water.  Each had a guide who was available for questions.  The first was a trawler the second was a sailing ship that had fished for Cod.  Both guides are retired fisherman, one spent a long time explaining scallop fishing.  Probably more than I needed to know, he was a real talker, but I really enjoyed the time he spent with us.  He then passed us off to a lady who's family were also scallop fisherman. She ran the Tidal Touch Tank where we were able to pick up live Scallops and other sea creatures.    We finished off with lunch in The Old Fish Factory located inside the museum over looking the wharf.  They had the best Seafood Chowder I've ever had.
Leaving Lunenburg we headed up the Lighthouse Scenic Drive to Peggy's Cove.  There it started to rain quite heavily, bad timing. It is a very small but picturesque area.  I have included photos from there in the gallery.
We will be staying in Halifax for 2 nights then off to Cape Breton.

Bar Harbor

On the road again.

We left Amherstburg Sept 3 and drove to Bar Harbor Maine.   Sept 5 we continued to Saint John via Saint Andrews.  There we had dinner overlooking the harbour.  Lesley had her first Lobster of the trip.
Tomorrow we take the ferry to Digby Nova Scotia.

On the road again

As we continue to continue our continuing journey after 5 days laid up in Chamberlain South Dakota. We spent the time being lazy, catching up on some rest.  We've been on the move for quite some time and hadn't taken a day off.
We'll be busy when we get home, so the rest probably did us good.  We did do some sight seeing while there, we went to a large antique store, a quilt store, a Lakota Indian museum, and the South Dakota Hall of Fame.  I found out Bob Barker and Mary Hart both came from South Dakota.
The truck is working fine now, we got on the road at noon so got a half day of driving.
We're aiming to be home some time on Sunday.

Still waiting

The truck is still not fixed.  Waiting for parts!  With any luck we'll be on the road tomorrow. It will take 3 days to get home from here.  I'm worried about finding a campground this weekend because it's the American long weekend and everywhere around here has been booked up for weeks.  We may end up in the parking lot of the Flying J for the night?
This has been a nice campground, we have a beautiful view of the Missouri river and as you know Lesley and I never tire of watching water.  We went for a swim at the indoor pool and hot tub in the resort next door.  The campground is part of the resort and convention center. The managers here had a cancellation and have held that spot for us in case the truck isn't done tomorrow.  That is really nice of them.  If we don't leave tomorrow I'm afraid we'll be here till next Tuesday.
We'll see.

Truck Problems

Yep! we had trouble with the F 150.  Not sure yet, it looks like it's tranny problems but the dealership isn't open till tomorrow.   I hope it won't take long to fix.   We drove out of the bad lands and had problems right after we stopped at a service center and had lunch.  We phoned Ford Roadside assistance and they were great helping out.  The tow truck driver was really nice and dropped us off at a campground.  It didn't cost us anything.  Ford picked up the cost of the truck and the trailer. While we waited for the tow truck Lesley picked out a campground from our Woodall's Directory, she picked out a gem!  The tow truck took us right to our site and dropped the trailer.  That is no small feat getting through a campground with this rig.  Here is a photo of our site and view of the Missouri River.  The campground is part of a resort so we can use their pool and hot tub.  We had a very nice dinner at the resort restaurant tonight then watched the sun set sitting by the waters edge near our site.

Bad Lands

Today we drove  Band Lands National Park. It's a unique park with beautiful mountains that have a lot of colour.  Pictures won't show the depth of colour that we saw.  Here are a couple of photos and I have uploaded more in the Badlands Photo Gallery on the right of this page.

Patches is helping Mom with the navigation!.