Watery subjects

Watery subjects

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The weather has deteriorated in Nova Scotia and it rained heavily all day yesterday.  We did not return to Halifax to see the Queen but, if you saw any tv news coverage it would have shown wet weather outfits and umbrellas.  We are, however, on our way back to Halifax, currently back on the Fundy shore north of the Minas Basin at 5 Islands Campground.  We are hanging around a bit this morning hoping for a weather improvement to try to see the 5 Islands through the mist.  One more night tonight and then we'll be back to a Halifax campground for Wednesday night to hand the truck back early Thursday.

Since our last post we saw the Hector at Pictou but the boat, museum and its wharf were 'Closed until further notice'.  Then we stopped at Brule Point, still on the Northumberland Shore.  This was an unexpected pleasure.  Seals on the rocks in the distance, we could see them from our pitch!  It was magical.  We tried to walk out towards them over the beach and rocks but the nearer ones took one look at us and dived into the sea unfortunately.  Eventually there were about 24 in a group on a further rock and they stayed there for hours until the incoming tide forced them to swim off.

Yesterday the weather was a wash out.  We drove across towards the other part of the Fundy Shore that we missed last time hoping to take a look at the ski area at Wentworth.  Well, we went through Wentworth but saw no indication at all that the area might have something to do with winter sports, but even if we had it was pouring and we would have wanted to stay in the camper to keep dry!

At lunchtime we stopped at Parsboro which is another fossil hunting area.  Beside us as we ate, was an extraordinary view of cormorants floating about on large inflatables.  They seemed to prefer the Loch Ness Monster and the ocean going liner for some reason.

The sun has just come out so I'm off to see how many islands I can count.