May 29 Halifax (Lunenburg)

Last night we stayed just outside Truro NS at a simple RV park. It was by a small river but not a very exciting spot. We had pulled in a bit later than usual as we passed Shediac NB as there was again not much there for RV parks. Again we had not pre booked; we stopped by one park but yech! lets move on. So it was a longer driving day than we had done since the sprint across Texas; a 5 1/2 hour drive. A nice bbq meal made the day. A game of 3 card up also finished off the evening (it was a slaughter :)).
In the morning we made a quick visit to a local river to watch the "tidal bore"; this phenomena occurs when the ocean tide comes in and a river or narrow pass has a whole bunch of water come back in with the tide. In this case the moon had an affect on this tide (less) so the bore was actually quite small. I needed to gas for the first time in Canada; WOW! First time I put in over $200.00 since I left BC. Gas is definitely more expensive in Canada. Diesel in the states was averaging $1.60/gallon; here I paid $1.15 per litre.
After getting back we hitched the horses and made our way to Halifax. Miss Garmin was not cooperating as I couldn't even get Martins River to register so we got directions from our next location, a small park in a place called Martins River, about 50 minutes south of Halifax. After "unhitching", the closest town we wanted to see was Lunenburg; a neat little town on Mahone Bay just south of us. Lunenburg is the home of the Schooner Bluenose, which we got a close up look of. it is apparently going to be ready for sailing this summer. We walked the streets as well, doing a little "shoppe" and drove back. A bit boring of a writeup this time; maybe the pictures will wow you more.

 we hired a professional photographer to take this shot; go to www.selfietimerleaningagainstthebbqbeforeifireditupphotography.com I've seen some of his work; its not that bad :)

 so we had heard so much of the tidal bore; how one can surf it, 6' high and so on. well due to the lack of moon pull this is what we got :( the river normally flows from right to left

 the town of Mahone Bay

 the Bluenose 2

 facts

 lots of old buildings in Lunenburg

 so many photo ops

 ditto