Day 144 , Monday Aug. 20, 2018, “Necessities” Day- Laundry, haircut, groceries

Pretty simple you would think. And it was actually.  The Laundromat is about 200 feet from the trailer and had enough washers that Ruth could use 4 of them and do it all at one time. That is always a challenge when “on the road”. During that time it is time to read book (Ruth uses her i pad) , or some computer work. I did take a few photos and here they are.

Local fund raiser on the laundry bulletin Bd.

The mall between the campsites.

The campground laundry. (5washer  and dryers)

Yes we stopped for root beer a number of times.  There were three in a 1/2mile rsdius in Trurto.

 The trip into the grocery store also included a stop at a RV dealership to see if they had LED bulbs for the trailer as we are gradually shifting to use them in some places. They did not but we toured a few new trailers while here. These days they have more room, are lighter with slick sides (good for washing). I also like the new covers for the propane tanks that allow you to see in without pulling off the entire cover.
Then the haircut just for Jim at “Mike’s barbershop” on Prince street.  Mike was affable and had been at it for 27 years.  There was one chair  and a waiting room outside the entrance (inside the building). During our sharing Mike asked me (as he does all “Yanks”. How do you like your President? Well I gave him a straight answer, that he is a horrible man and hope he doesn’t damage our nation before he is through. Mike answered me by saying that almost all Canadians are of the same mind and are worried that he will upset the world balance in many ways, before he is through as he already has in many places. 


The grocery shopping at “Sobies” went smoothly and it is a very clean and well stocked store. In any new store we visit  as told here before,  it is hard to find what you want  as the layout is always different.
 Locally there is a cement plant that is huge. I thought a brief article or part of it  might explain the value to the local economy. Brookfield is the tiny village about three miles from our campground.
“Cement maker Lafarge Canada wants to strike a deal with Divert NS to use almost half the discarded tires in this province every year to fuel its kiln in Brookfield.
Lafarge Canada is planning to submit its proposal to Divert NS, the non-profit that manages the Nova Scotia Solid Waste-Resources Management Strategy, on Monday. But the company is keeping mum on the financial details of that proposal.
Under the terms of its request for proposals, Divert NS notes on its website it wants to ink deals for the recycling and marketing of the roughly one million used tires handled every year under the Nova Scotia Used Tire Management Program.
The parts of the tire that don’t burn at those temperatures are in the steel belt, and Lafarge plans to use the iron in it as well as the silica in the tire as ingredients in its cement. That product has four main components: calcium, aluminum, iron and silica.
In Brookfield, the cement maker is hoping to use 400,000-450,000 tires annually to cut its carbon dioxide emissions. Lafarge has already cut those emissions by about 10 per cent by burning old asphalt shingles and non-recyclable plastics in its kiln, and reducing its reliance on coal and petroleum coke to stoke the fire, said Cumming. This project  should reduce it’s emissions by another 5 percent.
Quite a project and good use of tires  for the environment as far as i can see.
Tomorrow we will head south to the Tidal Interpretive Center, a Park and a headlands that has special rocks .