Day 168, Tues. Sept 18, 2018-- Away from the Ocean, Upper, Middle, and Lower Sackville??

It's a phenomena found here in Nova Scotia, that is naming the towns by their relative geographical position in relation to one another and the compass. Lower Sackville is mostly businesses and industry, while the two other ones are residential and have larger lots and more space. All three are lined up on the old highway (#1) and parallel to the new expressway (101).
Our campsite is a KOA that is in the northern reaches of Upper Sackville.  It is very quiet here as the end of the camping season is coming and few travelers are staying any length of time now. Although the weather has been fantastic, we did receive our first rain in the day time today. That is the first one  in  over one month (August 18th), when we were camped in Truro at Scotia Pines.

Although it is quite empty, this end of the park has few trees, but the entire campground is tree filled.  (More tomorrow)

Today was a short trip from the south shore along three major highways and one two lane highway to get here.  When Ruth and I were in Nova Scotia  the last time (2006) these freeways were not yet complete and we used Trunk line #1 for many of the miles at that time.

But we did use our time before the rain came to an advantage and got stocked up on groceries and trailer needs. It s difficult to find large bottle of "septic tank" fluid in stores. Usually the RV dealers carry it, but we have found only the quart size jars  so we did drive 10 miles to Bedford this afternoon to get some.  Then stopped at our favorite  grocery store ---Sobeys--- to get those long needed groceries. The store was not at all crowded so the aisles were roomy and easy to get through.

I needed to have a look at the wheels and brakes on the truck (precaution), as they had not been looked at since Oregon. So I scheduled an appointment tomorrow at a NAPA  just down the road that does brake and wheel work.

We will also, while here, find a gift store for some souvenir items and also spend at least one 1/2 day at the immigration center (library) for genealogy for Ruth's family (this is the British side and the Fletcher/Brown).


One of the big activities here specially in the winter is curling. That sport played on the ice with those huge granite rocks.  There are 36 registered clubs in Nova Scotia alone. Almost every town of any size has a curling rink.

The rain is very gentle and is supposed to last through the night, They can use it as it has been very dry this month here.  We won't get much bird watching while here I believe.