Friday, August 4, 2023
We woke up sometime during the night hearing the sound of a fog horn. It was sounding every fifteen seconds. It sounded far away, wasn’t very loud and we just went back to sleep. When we got up this morning it was still very foggy so we took the time to cook a good breakfast and do a little maintenance on the van. Then we walked out to the beach once more. When we returned, there was a rainbow in the fog over our van. Wow, what a special blessing from our Lord.
We sadly left our great little boondocking spot, wishing we could just stay a few more days. However, we do have to return to the US in early September so, we need to keep moving. There are just so many beautiful places to visit. We continued our counterclockwise travel around the island. This morning we drove through some of the area of the forest fires earlier this year. As we drove we began discussing things we have seen, etc. Today we talked about the churches we were seeing. Many beautiful churches. This surprised us because on previous trips to Canada, we have sometimes had difficulty finding a church to visit on Sunday, having to drive a much longer distance than we are accustomed to driving in the southern US. This trip to the Maritime provinces, we have seen many Baptist churches, some Catholic, some Anglican, some Lutheran and almost no methodist. The Baptist churches have been all types of Baptist. We were expecting more Catholic churches because of the early French, Catholic settlements. However, then we remembered the information we received at Grand Pré, and that the French Catholic settlers would not take an oath of loyalty to the King. So, the British brought what they called “Foreign Protestants” to this area and displaced the Acadians in the “great upheaval”. The British also brought the “Foreign Protestants” to Merligueche and changed the name to Lunenburg in honor of George II. This explains at least partially why there are many more protestant churches in the Maritimes. We visited Lunenburg today. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. “UNESCO considers Lunenburg the best example of planned British colonial settlement in North America, as it retains its original layout and appearance of the 1800s including local wooden architecture.” Lunenburg is a cute little town with many colorful buildings. We really enjoyed the harbor area however, most of the town is simply little shops filled with tourist buying T-shirts and trinkets or restaurants. They do however have good ice cream served in freshly made waffle cones.
After Lunenburg we continued to Mahone Bay. It is another quaint little town on the bay and we have a boondocking spot tonight right on the shore. Lots of sail boats here. Very pretty setting. The vibe here is more local village feeling and definitely not as touristy although there are tourists here. Hoping for another quiet, peaceful sleep. Thanks for hanging out with us.
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