2023 Summer Road Trip – Day 30 – UFO’s and Pirates

Thursday, August 3, 2023

We had a quiet, peaceful night right on the shore and this morning we headed back to Cape Forchu to visit the lighthouse again. Anne cooked breakfast (oatmeal with cranberries and blueberries) in the parking lot while we were waiting for them to open. We were the only ones there for the first tour so we had it to ourselves. We were able to climb to the top. Such pretty scenery. From Cape Forchu we resumed our counter-clockwise travel around the island taking the scenic route that hugs the ocean. It was a beautiful drive.

Only 77 steps in the Cape Forchu lighthouse

The pretty flowers we showed in yesterday’s post are a perennial called ice plants. The flowers close up at night and when it rains. This is how they looked this morning.

We unknowingly arrived in the little town of Shag Harbor. We began to see various signs noting UFO’s and then drove by a bright yellow building with a sign saying “Shag Harbour Incident Society UFO Interpretative Centre”. Google tells us it’s all about an incident you might remember (we didn’t) that occurred on October 4, 1967 and is reported to be Canada’s most famous UFO Case. It’s still a big deal for the little community. There is a UFO XPO in September. Tickets for the two day event are only $250.00 if you would like to attend. Sorry, but we can’t make it this year.

Moving right along, we continued our oceanside drive. Our destination was Hawk Beach. When we arrived in the area we first drove out to Hawk point. In an attempt to find the white sand beaches, we ended up at a little park with a pond and all these cute little pirate ships floating around. We had noticed several pirate displays/yard decorations as we were entering the community. Seems we arrived just in time for Hawk Dayze. Some of the locals told us it’s a local festival. There will be different things going on all weekend and it began yesterday with the launching of the little handmade boats.

We met the lady who launched the one in the upper left. Her brother made both of these.

We found our beach. We’ve had two long walks in the sand. We are sitting here listening to the waves break on the shore as we prepare the blog. It’s a great destination for the night. But…it’s not about the destination, but the journey. It’s been a fun, and interesting day.