Day 148, August 28, 2918— Evangeline country- Acadian dykes and lowland.

 We are truly in the land of “Evangeline”, the story of the woman who would not give her self up to the “Bad Guys” and ended up dying in a cave. She is revered to this day. We visited the Beach here in Nova Scotia named after her. It is a beach with a attraction to migrating birds especially the SEMI PALMATED SANDPIPERS, that we saw amoung other birds,  today. As the migration continues both on the spring and fall, there are hundreds of thousands of them here feeding on their way to South America. It is a long haul.  They need to “load up”.  Here are a few of them in action.

Up close you cansee the colorations and sharp lines of color.

Many semi palmated sandpipers at Evangeline Beach today 

We ate lunch there watching  the birds and the people came to walk the beach, sit and watch and just enjoy the incoming tide . It did come in about half way while we were there.

Tide's in!

Tide's going out!

 Our campground manager told us about a quaint cove called Halls Harbor about 20 miles away. It seems that in the early days here a Pirate by the name of William Hall and his band of “merry men”, used this wonderful cove as a residence between there forays out onto the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic. The local people finally had enough and called the militia to come and chase them out. The militia came and not only killed Hall, but chased out his band of men and they never came back. But, the name stuck

Hall's harbor beach. The ladder indicates the effect of the tide.

The boats at High tide. When it is low they reach the ocean floor. (1)

The beach at Hall's Harbour NS

A very small cove that Pirate Hall used to his advantage. (2)

Getting fresh veggies today was no problem as we saw more than a dozen friuit and veggie stands in a one mile radius on the roads. The area is a veritable overflow of crops at this time. There are also many fruit trees and more grapes each year. The influence of the “Acadian” farms  on the peninsula  has infiltrated the economy  very deeply.

This is Evangeline land, The Acadians built the dykes and farmed it , then were expelled by the British. Now it is some of the best land in Canada. 3,013 acres and 28,000 feet of dykes built by hand.

 After buying some corn and tomatoes we ended the travel for the day and headed home. Ruth is still trying to get her meds sent to Canada so that still is in process. Two inspections and email verifications (US and Canada). Never forget your meds when traveling "abroad".

It was a beautiful day with the temps in the campground hitting 88 F while at the Evangeline Beach was a cool 73 degrees.  More of the same tomorrow hopefully.