Back to Nova Scotia

October 22, 2010
Guess I have sort of slipped up on posting. After the Confederation Bridge episode my mind went blank, a senior thing I guess.
We are back in Nova Scotia, stopped at the Amherst “Welcome to Nova Scotia” place where we enquired about RV dumps and open RV sites. Nova Scotia has this silly law that prohibits overnight parking in anyplace but registered sites. Unfortunately by the first of October most of the RV places have had enough of tourists and closed their establishments. However the Welcome people assured us there were lots of places still open. I mean how welcome would we feel if they told us the truth? In case you haven’t figured it out, the Amherst people were not my favourites on this trip. I figure they were probably displaced Ontarioites. (Sorry Barb, there are some great people in Ontario )
The one RV place they said was closed, was sort of open, but no one around. We were able to get rid of the black water tho and headed into town. In spite of the “No overnight parking “signs we were able to park at Wal Mart overnight and then headed to Windsor the next morning.
In Windsor, we were invited to stay with friends we had met last winter in the desert. Pam and Gary are wonderful hosts and we were able to stay for about 10 – 12 days. Now I am a firm believer in the old saying “Fish and company are only fresh for 3 days” but, bless their hearts, they made us welcome for a lot longer. Thanks a lot guys.
While in Windsor we were able to take in the Maritime Fall Fair,and the Great Pumpkin Race, as well as explore some of the places familiar to me when I lived in Dartmouth in 1973-4.
The Pumpkin race had about 70 participants, in different formats, (The pumpkins were hollowed out, and became the boats that raced across 1/2mile of cold water) There were doubles (2 people to a pumpkin), singles, and motorized. I should mention that Windsor is famous for its huge pumpkins, we saw one at the fair that weighed 1109 lbs.
No visit to Nova Scotia would be complete without a visit to Peggy`s Cove. This is the spot featured in most of the post cards and tourist info. It is also the site of the Swissair disaster, It was a windy day but the scenery was great.
We also visited my cousin Rita, who has lived in Halifax for years. She and Garry have one of those fantastic old houses on Robie Street. It is 150 years old and they have done a magnificent job of renovating, keeping the old leaded windows and all. Should mention that Rita is an excellent cook and we had a great meal along with catching up on our families.