Sunday, July 10, 2016, Digby, NS
Day 43

Woke up to find 3 other rv neighbors. I guess I blocked the no overnight parking sign from their view. Another short drive and we check into the Digby Campground. A cold and rainy day but we don’t let that stop us. We drive the car to Bear River, a town on the Bear River - literally. The town buildings are on stilts to deal with the incredible tidal changes in the river of some 25 feet. Nearby we visit the Annapolis Highlands Vineyards for a tasting and purchase. Next we head to Annapolis Royal about a half hour away and visit Fort-Anne National Historic Site. A beautiful spot at the intersection of two rivers, the fort was originally built by the French in 1605.  The fort was the site of 13 battles between the British and the French and changed hands 7 times, the last to the British.  We then walked Lower George Street, among many historical buildings. Next was a visit to the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens, 17 acres of beauty including a rose garden maze.

Saturday, July 9, 2016, Yarmouth, NS
Day 42

After a short drive we arrived at the Yarmouth Walmart in the morning and park right in front of the “no overnight parking” sign. There were 2 rv’s still there from the prior night.  First stop was the Saturday morning downtown farmer’s market where I buy “Canada’s Greatest Pie”, a tourtiere filled with pork, potatoes and spices and of course, another almond croissant. We then drove to the Cape Forchu Light Station.  The original lighthouse dating to 1839 was replaced in 1962 with the “apple core” light, one of the tallest and most photographed of lighthouses. The Leif Ericson Trail surrounds the rocks beneath the lighthouse offered a cold and windy but interesting walk. Interpretive panels pointed out items such as “lava bombs” which are lava rocks spewed into the air, cool and land back into other lava rocks which encase the “bombs”.  Back to the coach for lunch for my baked tourtiere and croissant.  The afternoon was spent on a walking tour of the sea captains’ homes and mercantile heritage buildings dating to the 1800's. A designer’s fantasy with Second French Empire, Greek Revival, Queen Anne Revival, Gothic Revival, Georgian, Italianate and Vernacular.  I don’t know what those all mean but there were some pretty neat houses.  It was good to be Captain! Dinner at Rudder’s Seafood Restaurant & Brew Pub where I had a red ale and an oatmeal coffee stout to go with my haddock and scallops. Rosemary inexplicably passed on the lobster dinner and had the haddock. I can only surmise butter calorie avoidance.