Day 37, May 22 Nova Scotia here we come!

It was a beautiful sunny, 70 degrees, clear skies day this morning in Prince Edward Island. We left early this morning after breakfast and drove the roughly two hours back over the Confederation Bridge to New Brunswick and headed to Nova Scotia and our first place to stop- Amherst. Actually, the journey took us about four hours, because we made stops for getting groceries, getting gas, and getting a refill of propane for the RV, before we went to the campground in Amherst. Here are some pictures taken along the way to Amherst.

(St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church on Prince Edward Island)

(Approaching the Confederation Bridge, heading westbound back to New Brunswick and ultimately to Nova Scotia)

(Approaching the high point of the Confederation Bridge)

New Brunswick scene

New Brunswick scene

(Visitor centre notice sign, wind turbine farm in the background)

(Welcome to Nova Scotia sign seen at the Visitors Information Centre. Unfortunately, the center was closed.)

(Nova Scotia visitors center)

(At the Nova Scotia Visitors Information Centre, they fly the Canadian and American flags side by side.)

(This sign summarizes the entire Canadian leg of our trip: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia [Halifax] all on one sign.)

(Our arrival to Amherst)

(Windfarm)

(The wind turbines have been established in marshy land.)

(Sobey's, where we restocked our grocery supplies)

Amherst is a small town just across the NB-NS border into Nova Scotia. This is the last new state (actually a province) that we will visit on our trip, and both of us view this as the apex of the trip. From Nova Scotia we head home by way of New York City.

When we arrived in Amherst, we went to the grocery store, gassed up the tank and filled up the propane tank, so that we will be ready to take off in the morning without any delays. We met some really nice people along the way: the cashier at the local Sobey’s grocery store, the cashier at the Irving’s gas station who directed us down the street to the Barrel House where we purchased the propane gas, and the woman who filled up our propane tank. We were clearly strangers ,so it was very surprising and comforting to be treated so nicely. After we checked in at the Loch Lomond RV Campground and put up the groceries, we headed to downtown Amherst to take a look at the town and find some food.

(A senior care home on Victoria Street in downtown Amherst)

(Front view of Victoria Manor)

(An old church in downtown Amherst)

(Welcome signs in English, French, and the Mi'qMaq language. Mi'qMaq is the language of Eastern Algonquin indigenous tribes.)

(Buildings in downtown Amherst)

(There are many fine, old houses on Victoria Street, the Main Street in downtown Amherst.)

(Houses on Victoria Street, Amherst)

(House on Victoria Street, Amherst)

(House on Victoria Street, Amherst)

(It was surprising to see a Mansour's store in downtown Amherst.)

(More Victoria Street houses in Amherst)

We were surprised about how closed up the downtown was on a Sunday afternoon. We asked a pair of young ladies on the street where could we get anything to eat today; they directed us back to the exit that we had taken near our RV Campground. They also were very kind. We then returned back to our neck of the woods and stopped by a Chinese restaurant (Yuan of Asia) to get a late lunch. They gave us so much food that we had that for dinner as well.

After lunch, we returned to the Loch Lomond RV camp and set up.

(Wayfinding sign to our campground)

("You take the high road and I'll take the low road, and I'll be in Scotland afore you. Where me and my true love will never meet again, on the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.")

Doug took a nap on the sofa in the RV and got an extra couple of winks. Patrise worked on the blog posts and read in the bedroom.

Tomorrow is another great day and we look forward to exploring the capital city of Halifax, Nova Scotia!