September 8 - 9, 2013

this is the view a few minutes from our motel in Lunenburg, we also anchored here a few weeks ago, and meet with our friends Dave and Mary Lou Bath

lots of the old houses have this style of woodwork .. this one needs repair, but many are so pristine

we visited the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic ... the first floor was a gift shop and Aquarium of live North Atlantic species, many of which are the basis of the Atlantic Coast fishing industry

the 2nd floor is the 500 years of the Bank fishery off Canada's East Coast,  a ship model shop, exhibits of the famous schooner Bluenose, and ship building tools ... The Memorial Room is dedicated to fishermen lost at sea from the port of Lunenburg and includes list of the fishermen and vessels lost.

the third floor, exhibits the exciting and dangerous practice of rum running, and the activities of the fishermen and their families 

Joe and I have seen some of these whales

we also got to explore the Theresa E. Connor and Cape Sable

the Bluenose II, was launched on Friday and is getting float testing done now ..

people leave the Dory's on clothes lines, do deal with the tides .. when they want them they reel them in

old oar above the door

we followed the Lighthouse road, along the South Shore of Nova Scotia, lots of little villages and harbours ... note the picnic table on the rocks

every bouy has it's own fishermens marking

the cable ferry arriving to pick us up

about 10 cars are on board now, it cost us $5.50 to save a one hour road trip

to La Have

one of the attractions is the Lahave Bakery, there is a dock and mooring balls here, so next year we will probably visit this area

Westcote Bell Pottery .. very different and exciting pieces

teapot on pedestal and flared lid 

we are alway looking for sandy beaches, this one was at low tide and went for miles ... 

we also went to the Historic town of Shelburne, and the Yacht club, to check it out ..... as it is from here that we will be leaving for the U.S.A. next  August

next we went to Cape Sable Island, the fishing boats are getting much bigger in size ... ocean boats

we went looking for the 'DROWNED FOREST", we are in the right area, but would have to wait for another 5 hours for low tide to see the forest ... we talked to a local and she said it was unbelievable to see the tree stumps at low tide

what we did see was the shore birds

not too sure what they are

the shore line changes from sandy beaches to high cliffs

St. Mary's Church ... the largest wooden church in North America,  the church is build as a cross .. 190 ft. in length, 135 ft. in width, 63 ft, floor to the ceiling and 185 ft floor to steeple, 41 stained glass windows, the large pillars that support the church is Norwegian Red Spruce trees covered in plaster, the organ was built in Quebec and has 999 pipes and is one out of only six of it's model in Canada.  There is also paintings on the ceiling ... we only had 5 minutes to view the church, as it closed at 5pm

next we stopped off at the Village on Stilts, Bear River

the tide which is about 25 ft today was going out and we got here at 6 pm, unfortunately shops were closed, but the tide was low ... can't have everything !!!