2023 Summer Road Trip – Day 29 – Another Light House and More New Friends

Tuesday, August 2, 2023

We said goodbye to our friends Owen, Lynn and Maggie this morning as they were headed out clockwise around Nova Scotia. We are going counterclockwise around the island. We had a little work to do today before we left but were in line for our first ferry at 10:05.

Saying “see you down the road” to Owen, Lynn and Maggie

This is a salmon farm in the harbor on Brier Island. Salmon fingerling are placed in the large cages and harvested when the reach a certain size.

This tidal generator could generate power for 100-150 homes when it was operating.

We only drove about 107 miles down to Yarmouth, NS. The Cape Forchu Lighthouse is probably the best lighthouse we have visited. The grounds and gardens all around the lighthouse and the trail are so very pretty. They don’t allow overnight parking or we would have just stayed there for tonight. We didn’t get to go up into the lighthouse today but might do that tomorrow. Anne has a knee that is bothering her so we are trying to be careful. While at Cape Forchu we saw another white Beyond pull in the parking lot. We met the sweetest couple from New Brunswick and we shared van life experiences. They are new Christians and just this afternoon stopped at an antique store and purchased a beautiful 18^th century Bible. They were so excited to show us their new treasure. They also gave us some hints on what to do when we go to PEI and if we return through New Brunswick gave us some hints for there as well. It’s so much fun to make new friends as we travel.

Cape Forchu Lighthouse is sometimes called the “apple core” lighthouse.

The lighthouse is on meticulously landscaped grounds …

There is also a fin whale skeleton on display at the lighthouse grounds.

Interesting fact we learned today about the rockweed industry in Yarmouth

The antique Bible the young couple had just purchased

After leaving Cape Forchu we stopped at a cute little park on the shore of Yarmouth and just happened to arrive just in time to see the CAT ferry coming into port in Yarmouth. That is one nice looking ferry. It runs between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, is a little pricey but depending on when and what route we decide to take back to the US, we could take that ferry. It was another great, beautiful, sunny day.

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Hello to you both! I just saw you mentioned PEI and I thought of Levina and Herman Luymes. She would love to hear from you, call or text, at 19025662378 She said they are leaving to go camping on Monday. I am enjoying your blog! I am not sure if we will get up that way someday or not. So, it is great to be able to experience this with you. It is so cool to make new friends and more exciting to have them say “we’re new Christians”.

I hope Anne’s knee is ok.Hugs to you both,Teresa

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tkoeppel says:

August 3, 2023 at 6:52 pm

Hello to you both! I just saw you mentioned PEI and I thought of Levina and Herman Luymes. She would love to hear from you, call or text, at 19025662378 She said they are leaving to go camping on Monday. I am enjoying your blog! I am not sure if we will get up that way someday or not. So, it is great to be able to experience this with you. It is so cool to make new friends and more exciting to have them say “we’re new Christians”.

I hope Anne’s knee is ok.Hugs to you both,Teresa

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