Truro and Pictou

Eating breakfast in the trailer

Watch those feet go!

Schoolwork, yuck!!

Scottish architecture, 5 sided gables, symetrical windows, belt(band) around the middle and a plith(band) at the bottom.

Pictou, pronounced Picto....interesting pronunciations around here. In PEI Souris was pronounced Surrey....go figure. Anyways, here we are in Pictou, birthplace of New Scotland where 200 Scots landed in the late 1700's for a new life and most importantly their own land. We wandered around town and saw many old buildings, learned a lot about Scotish architecture and went to a festival. There was free music and some Highland dancing. The girls took part in a dance class, learning a few steps in the line dancing. I went on a walking tour while Richard enjoyed the music.

Over the weekend we took in what Truro had to offer. We spent the afternoon at a large outdoor pool in Victoria Park and then the kids played in the water park while Richard listened to some guy killing his violin. We drove around and stopped at the 6 sections of the Berlin Wall that one of the citizens of Truro had brought over. There were also wood carvings all over the place, the result of lots of old elm trees succumbing to Dutch Elm Disease. Instead of using them for firewood they had local artists carve them. Truro is also home to the famous Tidal Bore from the Bay of Fundy. What happens is the tide comes in so quickly that the river starts to run the other way and rise quickly. We tried to see it on Friday night first but the tourist info place forgot to tell us to arrive 1/2hr. before hand so we missed it because it had been arriving 20min. before the time on the tide charts. So, we headed out again before church on Sunday. It wasn't a huge wave but it was travelling pretty fast. It covered a sandbar and just sped right up the river. Now we can say we saw the Tidal Bore.....Richard thought it was appropriately named.

Tomorrow we are off to Duvegan, which is probably not on any of your maps. It is near the Cabot Trail and we will use it as a jumping off point to seeing the western part of the Cabot Trail. There is a beach there and we are hoping for some good waves as well. We will probably be ready to head to the Newfoundland ferry in about 1 1/2 weeks.