I haven't been in years but remember the Digby scallops and Fundy tides! Have Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg gotten all cutesy?
Oh well. It'll still be a nice trip. -Weaver Darryl McMahon wrote: >I plan to be in N.S. end of the month and into July. Both my parents >are bluenosers. It's been a while since I've had a good visit, so I >can't guarantee everything is still the way I remember. > >If you are near Truro and like ice cream or related products, find the >Fundy Dairy Bar. Puts Baskin-Robbins 31 flavours to shame. > >Find some Stan Rogers tunes to play in the car, especially Barrett's >Privateers and Rawden Hills. My cassettes plain wore out - I'll be >looking for CDs this trip. > >Definitely tour the Citadel and other historic sights in Halifax. > >Find time to visit Prince Edward Island. I like the Woods Island Ferry >from Pictou, but the bridge to New Brunswick is also something to see. >The dunes off Cavendish Beach are quite something. Near Pictou is the >Balmoral grist mill, IIRC. Used to have demonstrations of the working >mill, and you could buy stone ground flour they milled there. Also >working steam equipment on the same site. Not open every day, so you >need to schedule around this one. > >If you are in the Annapolis Valley, try scallops in Digby, visit Fort >Anne at Annapolis Royal, follow the Evangeline Trail and check out the >Fundy tides. Cape Blomedin is spectacular, and you need to learn about >Glooscap while there. Acadian cultural history, dikes, salt marshes. >Oh, Louisberg - must see!! > >If you venture into Cape Breton, make sure you visit the A.G. Bell >museum at Baddeck - much more than the telephone. Lake Bras d'Or at >sunset - I'll never forget that sight from the Cabot Trail. > >Lunenburg and Peggy's Cove, both attractive, but touristy now IMO. > >If there are any gatherings of clans or massed pipes playing, try to >take them in. > >So much more. Visit the Tourist Information offices in each area, >they'll treat you well. > >Shift your life-speed down a gear, and enjoy! > >Darryl > >bob allen wrote: > > >>anybody from Nova Scotia? I am heading that way in a couple of weeks for a >>family vacation and would >>like some advice. >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
