We stayed 3 nights at King Neptune Campground in a site overlooking the water.
The kids enjoyed hours of crabbing and exploring with other kids right outside the RV.
Peggy's Cove, a popular little fishing village with a famous lighthouse, is nearby.
We learned that lobster traps like these have two main areas. The lobsters enter the trap thru the holes to reach the bait in the "kitchen". When another lobster enters, the first will back away right up the ramp to "the bedroom" where they cannot escape. Lobster fishing is a major business here. Getting a license is extremely difficult as they're mostly passed down from generation to generation. People have been killed over messing with someone's traps. Yikes!
A whole lot of traps! Asher wanted to go lobstering so, so bad. We told him when he's old enough he could work on one of the lobster boats for a season. He's looking forward to it!
We loved the beauty surrounding the area. Smooth hills of rock, green grass, large bolders, dramatic cliffs, just beautiful.
A family we met at Kejimkujik warned us to stay off of the black rocks. There are rogue waves that come in and someone dies on those rocks each year. A rogue wave is one that is MUCH larger than the others and if you have your back turned or you're on a rock, it can knock you down and drag you right out into the ocean.
As lovely as the area around the lighthouse is, I prefer the quiet beauty we found just a few kilometres east. When we drove this road on our first day, I was commenting how I want to explore this landscape, just as I spotted a tiny trail leading from the road.
We spent a few hours just enjoying the dramatic vistas. It was a feast for the eyes and soul.
Sending Marco Polo video messages to their cousins.
While birding with the couple camped next to us, we discovered the Swiss flight 111 memorial. The plane crashed here in 1998 killing 229 people. From here we watched as two whales breached in the distance.
We spent a day in Halifax, walking on the floating boardwalk and around the marina.
The "drunk lightposts" were a funny sight.
I rely heavily on TripAdvisor recommendations for food, and the reviews showed Ken's seafood and pizza was a local favorite. It looks a bit scary from the outside, but it's run by a sweet family who is warm and welcoming. We'd been told we need to try a donair. It looks similar to a gyro, but made with beef, a sweet sauce and wrapped in a lighter bread. Ahhh, so delicious! They originated in Halifax, but for some reason are not widely found in other parts of Canada.
On our last day, we stopped to pick up a live lobster, 2 pounds of mussels and some oysters. The kids enjoyed helping me cook the lobster and mussels. The oysters we ate raw. They loved everything!
Taking photos on their Kindles.
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