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Travel Blogs from Lunenburg
Brief Stop Home
... are missing that would be more helpful. For instance, my tarot cards/book/leather bag/rock package is something that weighs a lot and I didn't use much so they are staying home. I can't believe I carried them, especially the rock, all through Ecuador and Peru! Although, I know some of you might not be surprised at this confession. Really, a rock!? It's a special one, though.
My goal is to reduce the weight of my baggage by 1/3 which I may come close to ...
Peggys Cove and Lunenburg
... fisher village and the granite rocks are the impressive things there. The drive is amazing and going further towards Lundenburg you can always stop for photographs. The towns also become more and more colourful and look like in Scandinavia or Ireland maybe. If I could, I would retire there ...
Timber and sailing and UNESCO World Heritage
... to some isolated beaches. There was a seal perched on a rock just offshore, some piping plovers - a threatened species which you aren't allowed to let your dog chase, and a couple of Monarch butterflies who were clearly too lazy to be bothered with heading off to Mexico so, we fear, are doomed to perish. Peter managed to catch one so we make up for having no photos of our butterfly tagging by bringing you a photo of this one, which flapped off happily after beng released. 7
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Lighthouses and Fisheries
... painted in a super fun rainbow colours! We even dodged the rain and were able to eat outside. So fun!
Walking through Lunenburg was like stepping back in history. So incredibly beautiful! Meghan and I liked to peek into all the shops that lined the streets. Then we ended up at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. We were not entirely sure what to expect, but it turned out to be one of the highlights ...
The fog rolls in
... and had our lunch in this great round, old picnic shelter overlooking the salt march farmland. About 5 minutes down the road we stopped for pictures and travel propaganda at the Nova Scotia border.
The inland travel across the center of Nova Scotia, like the center of New Brunswick is probably some of the dullest tree travel we have seen. We encountered our first toll highway ($5.25) in central Nova Scotia ...