Nova Scotia

In a word, is  beautiful! In our travels through Nova Scotia, we  have not been out of sight of water for very long.  En route to Glenholme,  we visited the Anne Murray Museum in Springhill, NS.  Yes, one of Nashville's favorite country singers hails from Nova Scotia.  One of our group saw her in the museum gift shop and had their picture taken with her.

We also watched a 'tidal bore', which is a natural phenomenon seen in very few parts of the world.  At the Tidal Bore Park, we gathered as the tide was changing and watched as the high tide rolled in over the low tide going out...it was as if the river changed it's direction of flow right before our eyes.  You could hear the incoming tide roaring in the distance before you could see it...it was a 2 foot wave ushering in tons of  water which filled the river to overflowing in about 10  minutes.  Amazing!!

Lumberjack carving from a tree destroyed by Dutch Elm disease.  Truro, NS

We traveled to North Sydney, NS today.  On our way we stopped at the Alexander Graham Bell Museum in Baddeck.  It held a comprehensive collection of exhibits depicting Bell's work and life.  Bell and his family spent 8 - 9 months a year in Baddeck and much of his work was done at this site.  It was interesting to me to learn that Bell's true passion was working with the deaf.  His experience with visible speech therapy, in combination with his understanding of how the ear functions in hearing sound, contributed to the knowledge he needed to invent the telephone.  He invented the telephone at the age of 29, became extremely wealthy and was then able to spend the rest of life working on his inventions.  Baddeck is also Canada's 'home of flight'.  Bell's aircraft flew at this location in 1909, taking off with power provided by it's engine...unlike the Wright Bros. whose early crafts were catapulted.   Ah...the details :)

We are now in N. Sydney waiting to load on the Ferry that will take us to Newfoundland tomorrow.  We are very excited to see how 32 Airstream travel trailers and tow vehicles are going to fit with all the tractor trailers and cars.  And, it is time to dig out the Ugg boots and stocking hats.  It was 45 degrees in Gander, NL today.  We are anticipating very cool temps for the remaining part of our trip.