Digby and more

We all sleep great in the peaceful countryside, lulled by crickets, and awaken to a breakfast beautifully served. Fresh cooked food is served with a background of an actual LP playing on an antique portable phonograph. Nice touch 🙂

Our day starts in Digby, trying to catch the tail end of the famous Wharf Rat Rally, Canadas biggest motocycle rally. There are plenty of bikes roaring along the scenic highways and local roads, but hardly any left in town. A bit of a sad, after the party atmosphere prevails, and weary vendors are packing up.

Our next stop is planned to be the short walk to the famous Balancing Rock, which entails a drive down the narrow Digby Neck that juts down between St Mary's Bay and the Bay of Fundy. A small free ferry is efficiently and expertly loaded for the five minute ride across the fast moving waters, over to Long Island.

It's not far to the trail, which is quite busy. A short walk through a bog on boardwalk and we approach the infamous 250 or so stairs that lead us to the viewing platforms. This rock, tons of basalt, has been precariously balanced and absolutely vertical, for unknown thousands of years. It's an impressive sight.

En route back to the B &B we make a stop at the aptly named Sandy Cove Beach. A wide sweeping sandy crescent is exactly as advertised, and the sun coming out to gleam on the water is a perfect touch. We find thin oval rocks strewn heavily across the beach, with pretty colorful small stones interspersed. We beachcomb our way peacefully, stopping to enjoy a corgi barking at a stick his owner has thrown into the water, presumably the bark is to order the sticks return from the cold water. I'm pleased to see his owner reward him with a treat when he braves the chill enough to retrieve his prize

It's so relaxing to sit, sun warming my back with waves rolling in as a calming background, as we watch Brad inspired by the Balancing Rock attempt his own.

Our next stop is a wonderful winery in Bear River for a tasting. We sit right in the vineyard overlooking the valley as we sip, and agree it's a perfect way to end to the day. Well, perfect might be dinner, which the plan was to procure on the way back. We did not count on rural Nova Scotia stores being closed on Sunday, restaurants closed, and even our last ditch Tim Hortons had run out of so many items! But we managed, and put another day to bed...along with a drink and a continuation of the cutthroat Sequence competition that has become our travel custom!Læs mere