Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia



The town is known for a history of wooden boat building, the main industry in its earlier years. 

 

The view across the harbour is of the three prominent churches: St James' Anglican; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran; and Trinity United, which has become an iconic image of Nova Scotia.  Mahone Bay has a number of upscale shops and restaurants which are designed to appeal to the tourist industry.

 

 

 

Mahone Bay's iconic "Three Churches" on the waterfront

The harbour area of Mahone Bay

Interesting style of house

 

Start of Travels on the South Shore, Nova Scotia



On our drive from Halifax to Chester Basin, these are some of the sights we enjoyed on our coastal drive on the Bluenose Coast.

 
 
 

A common scene of fishing and sailboats



Checking out one of many beach areas

A perfect place to live

A painting on a fish shack at the Hubbards wharf area

Near Chester we found this interesting stonework (wall and the sheep) in the garden of a local artist.  The tree in the background is made of driftwood.

A closer look at the driftwood tree.



It's been 15 years since Swissair Flight 111 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off

Nova Scotia, killing all people on board.  On September 2, 1998, Nova Scotians

near the coast felt their homes tremble as the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 plane

bound for Geneva, Switzerland crashed into the water a few kilometers off the

shore of Peggy's Cove, which is just across the water from the South Shore.



We visited this Monument showing the names (229) of all those who died.

The Seaside Shanty Restaurant

Don't let looks deceive you.  They serve a wonderful chowder and delicious fish cakes. The Blueberry Grunt dessert was "wow"!  We will definitely dine here again.

 

 

More to come of the South Shore of Nova Scotia...

 




 

Five Island Park & Lighthouse, Nova scotia

During our visit to Nova Scotia we visited the Five Island Park and Lighthouse area.  The scenery was quite lovely. 

 

The Five Islands

 

Paul enjoying the view of the low tide of the Fundy Shore.

 

 

Digging in the mud for seafood

 

Five Island Park

 

 

 

 

Enjoying the view of the Five Island

 

A visit to the lighthouse

 

 

 

 

 

Durtch Mason Blues Festival at Truro, Nova Scotia

Last weekend Paul and I drove to Truro (Bible Hill), Nova Scotia to enjoy some blues music at the Dutch Mason Blues Festival.  We stayed at Baker's Chest Bed & Breakfast (Karn Room), which we would highly recommend to anyone looking for a lovely place to stay.  We enjoyed two great local restaurants in Truro; Murphy's Fish & Chips, where the food was equal to that of Chess's Fish & Chips in St. John's, Newfoundland, and the newly opened Sahla Thai Restaurant.  Although the weather during the weekend was very hot and, at times wet, we did enjoy some great music.  As always Charlie A'Court was an outstanding performer and this year's new find for me was Lukas Nelson (Willie Nelson's son).  I really liked his song, Frame of Mind, which I now have on my ITouch.  There were also performances by James Cotton and John Oates.

Nelly and Maarten, our B&B Hosts



Our big comfortable bed at Baker's Chest (Karn Room)

Sitting area of the Karn Room

View from our Room (with a few rain drops)

My Friday Night Concert Buddy

  

Early evening performance by The Hupman Brothers

Night Stage

Saturday afternoon performance by Shirley King
(daughter of blues artist, B B King)





Charlie A'Court

James Cotton



John Oates Band



A Sunday afternoon of music in the rain!

Us dedicated fans,
umbrellas and ponchos everywhere!

We sat through a couple of Sunday afternoon performances in the
rain but called it a day when the skies turned PURPLE!

It was a fun weekend and we hope the Dutch Mason Blues Festival will continue next year.  If so, we will be there...



On the Road Again

We travelled from South Carolina, through North Carolina, stopping at Jacksonville for lunch and then on to Virginia. It was a quiet drive through the back roads of North Carolina. The trees had spring blossoms.

At one rest point, we saw these fashions hanging in a store window. We thought them quite interesting and a little "out of fashion", at least where we live.

A peaceful Virginia back road.

Then we hit the Norfolk area, with bridges and underwater tunnels.

In we go...

...out we come, thank goodness.

We are looking forward to being in Williamsburg and exploring Colonial Williamsburg.