Day 39 - Wednesday, July 9 - Scallop Capital, Digby, Nova Scotia

Digby here we come!  Wow, we are finally going to make it to Digby for their famous scallops, sometime today.  We have been in Nova Scotia for 4 days and have only travelled 322 Kms!  Holy, at this rate we may not make it home by September.  Wow!! 

Anyway it was another nice drive through the Evangaline Trail, so we have done both, the Glooscap and the Evangaline Trails.

Today I wanted to capture the different houses that I keep referring to.  This house is one that is typically seen in the small towns.  Very neat and nicely landscaped.

These are your typical types of farm houses.  Some are much like the houses in the cities.

And some are in need of TLC.  I think these were the Mennonite Farm houses, with barns or sheds for machinery.

We found Digby Campground and got settled in.  It's very pretty and is right by the bay.

It is early in the day so we have some time to take off to explore.  The first stop is the lighthouse - Point Prim.  

The Lighthouse has an automatic fog horn that warns the boats of fog.  It was sounding today when we were there.  It is very loud - signs actually warn you to stay back as the sound could affect your hearing.  This was as close as I could get.  The Bay of Fundy was beautiful today, with its rocky shores, very blue water and lots of cliffs, even some wild flowers growing in the spare area.

Dan decided to explore the cliffs and he found some very strange markings on the rocks.  We are not sure what made them, but they were like coils of rope in various shapes on the rocks that had left their marks, wierd.

Two boats were coming in as we were wandering and we watched them travel to shore.  They were going pretty fast. 

There were also some anchors on two of the cliffs so we weren't sure what they were for as the rocks didn't look like they made a very safe entrance to the cove.

So glad we went there and it was very picturesque.  We can see how the lighthouse helped to direct the sailors of old and now the new.  Awesome experience.

Next we were off to find Culloden only a few kms out of Digby.  We kept going and going and we think this is only a community that maybe was very active at one time, but now has melded into Digby.  We found the Culloden Wharf - in much disrepair and not useable.  Someone actually has built a large home there and has posted "NO TRESPASSING" signs there. This is what it looks like today.

Other than houses this is the only building we could find.  Culloden Baptist Church is still in operation and very well taken care of.  

So now off to Digby to see the wharf and town.  Here the tide is out and it is approximately 3:00 pm.

The tide goes out and comes back in every 6 hours and 13 minutes.  The tides in the Bay of Fundy are some of the highest in the world - some as high as 45 ft. 

This is the wharf when the tide is in - about 9 pm.

This is the boardwalk in the town.  There is a commemoration to the sailors that lost their lives at sea.

The boardwalk is very nicely maintained and makes for a lovely walk. 

So that's it for today - tomorrow we are looking at going up the Digby Neck and going to Balancing Rock.  Good nite!