Hi everyone. Happy mid-week to you. Today I am sharing my final trip post from back in September when my husband, our 2 dogs and myself visited Nova Scotia. Time has flown by and that trip was now 5 months ago. Wow. Much of this post is about our last full day, and then I added some photos from our ferry trip back to Bar Harbor.
We started our day in the Halifax area, and we ended our day back in Yarmouth. Although we needed to be in Yarmouth early the next morning to get the ferry back to Bar Harbor, we had the whole day to travel between Halifax and Yarmouth.
If you look on the above map, the red dots are places we stayed and the open green dots are general areas we visited. Halifax in the red dot just above the C in the word Nova Scotia. Yarmouth is the red dot on the furthermost left (plus you can see the arrows where the ferry traveled to and from Maine). We didn't have tons of miles to travel that day, but at the same time we did have some exploring we wanted to do.
We started by taking a little drive around Halifax, and then we decided to drive to Peggy's Cove. The suggestion for Peggy's Cove came from a brochure we picked up at the hotel where we stayed in Dartmouth/Halifax.
The drive down to Peggy's Cove was quite scenic. My hubby even turned off on a few side roads so I could take some photos.
These next 2 photos are from one area where there were these 2 photogenic "sheds" or boathouses.
Before we arrived at Peggy's Cove itself, there was a pull off. I knew right then and there that the lighthouse was going to be a little too crowded for me.
There must have been at least 5 tour busses there as well as many cars. But we did find a parking spot, and we were there, so we just went with it. I wonder if we had arrived at a different time of day if it would have made any difference.
However it was a little too crowded for me. Too bad too because it was such a pretty spot. With a little walking and driving onward we did find some spots that weren't such a mob scene.
I'm glad these people (in this next photo) went with bright yellow for their house.
And after that, we were back on the highway until we saw a sign for Oak Island.
Have you seen the show called The Curse of Oak Island? Supposedly there is buried treasure on this island. That has been the belief since the late 1700's at least. The present treasure hunters are 2 brothers from Michigan and their partners. Plus they have a crew with archaeologists, hydrologists, geologists, and other specialists. As of the date of me writing this post, they haven't found much treasure, but the archaeological items have been pretty interesting.
There are island tours on the weekends, and I asked my husband a couple of times, pre-trip, if he was interested in a tour. His answer was no, and since the tours aren't cheap, I never booked them. Of course, when we then ended up looking across Mahone Bay to the Island, he was wishing he hadn't said no. However at this point the tours were all full.
We discovered we could drive onto the island. However you were limited to being in the parking lot at the end of the causeway. For the hubby, that made up at least a little bit for not going on a tour.
If you've seen the show, here's the causeway going onto the island.
And here it is in the other direction.
It wasn't the most exciting sight we saw, but it did make my husband happy. Now he can say he's been there.😏
From Oak Island we meandered to the nearest "big" town called Mahone Bay. We had a really lovely meal at this Pub.
My fish chowder was amazing.
And right outside the pub were lots of boats for my husband to ooh and awe over.
Then the day was getting on, and we had an early morning ahead. We were off to finish our trip with a night in Yarmouth.
The next morning we caught the ferry known as The Cat home. The ferry left at 9-ish in the morning, but you needed to get there between 7-8 AM to line up. You can't just show up when the boat is closed up and ready to leave. And just a note, there is only 1 ferry a day in each direction. It runs between Bar Harbor, Maine and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia ( I trip per day in each direction) between May and October, but you would need to check the dates if it was something you were interested in.
The dogs were ready for their long morning nap.
The ferry heading home was pretty full, and this trip we parked up on one of the top ramps.
The views leaving Yarmouth Harbor in the morning were really lovely.
The trip back to Maine was relaxing. From our table we played a long with some trivia, I read and warmed up with a chai tea latte.
But I had to watch out for sea monsters at the window...hee hee! 😛
And before we knew it, we were back in Bar Harbor.
The hubby and I are actually talking about doing this trip again sometime. Well at least some of this trip. We've been to almost all of the Canadian Provinces in the general Maritime area except Prince Edward Island and Labrador, so we thought Prince Edward Island might make another good road trip with the dogs. I would also like to explore more of the Coast between Yarmouth and Halifax. And I would love to see the Maud Lewis art in Halifax too. We will see what time brings, but we may take this trip sooner rather than later. 😉
I hope you enjoyed some armchair travel to Nova Scotia. Thanks for following along.
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