I have had no or limited access to the internet for day 20 & 21 posts, so they were delayed.
We got an early start today because Peter wanted us there early to do a morning walk. I was out of bed at 5:15 and we were on the road by about 6:15. It was not a long drive, very light traffic and I met Peter at, at 7:30, at the local gas station this is less than a mile from the Feindel Cottage. Peters Cousin Wayne was at the cottage when we arrived and he has been there for a while. Peter’s Cottage is really a family affair that his parents built in 1939.
The walking we did was at a Park in the LaHave area. The route we took to the beach was a boardwalk that had been built across a wetlands. Quite a boardwalk considering in was approx. a mile long and had a few areas that widened out with benches if you wanted to sit. The boardwalk led us to the west end of the beach. The beach was a nice sandy beach that the let people swim at. This face the Atlantic Ocean on the South side of Nova Scotia. We walked for probably another mile back up the beach to the main park area and then crossed over the Hwy to where the car was parked. Certainly a different dog walk and very pleasant. I don’t think we saw a dozen people.
After the walked we toured some of the areas and saw a Commercial fishing dock with several boats parked at it. The dock like lot of other items we saw was rustic and very rural. Only room for maybe 3 boats at the dock, but they had just paved the patch to the dock. We also visited the areas Maritime Museum. Lots of very interesting items on display and they had a building in the back that housed a boat was a duplicate to what Peter and his brother had when they were growing up. Lots of great memories for Peter.
Later Peter took me on a tour of Bridgewater where his parents had the main house that he grew-up in and where he went to school. Obviously much has changed in the 62 years since Peter left for Toronto, but he has an amazing memory of the people and events from his early years.
For dinner we went to the LaHave District Fire Departments Fund Raising Seafood Chowder Festival. The chowder was a soupy chowder (not thick) but lots of fish, clams, lobster, oysters, etc. It was excellent and the three of us had no problem polishing off the chowder. Along with the chowder, you visited the desert table where the ladies had prepared 20 or so different types of deserts, cakes, pies, and a assortment of various sweets. The desert was also very good.
Peter and Wayne struct up a conversation with this gentleman that was helping with our table. Turns out he is the Chief of the LaHave District Fire Department. As the conversation was winding down I asked him if he had another T-Shirt like the one he was wearing, I wanted to purchase on as a souvenir. He said they did not have that specific shirt because it had just been issued but he had a previous version of shirt in an X-Large. I thanked him but said that was too big. Anyway he and Peter swapped telephone numbers and we left, very satisfied.
About an hour or so after we got back to Cottage, the Fire Chief called and Peter setup to meet him at the local gas station. Peter and I went up there and the Chief showed up with 4 baseball caps and 2 of the older shirts. I tried one of the shirts on and it fit fairly well. He wanted to give us what he brought but we insisted that he take our money and add it to the fund from the Seafood Chowder dinner to help with their expenses, and he did. What a nice gentleman, probably in his mid 40’s and a credit to his community.
This is a lighthouse Museum site.
Kelso and I are in front of the monument dedicated to the first lighthouse in the area that was on this site.
This is the Lahave River that goes miles and miles into Nova Scotia and is very deep. Legend has it that Nazi Submarines were sited in the river during World War II.
Here Peter, Kelso & I are on the beach for our walk after the boardwalk. Wayne took the picture.
This is the beach looking to the West.
Pretty crowded beach. Great for a dog walk.
Here are the commercial fishing boat dock. There is also a boat launch ramp here.
Another view of the commercial fishing boat dock.
The view of the LaHave River from Peter’s Cottage.
Peter’s Cottage, built by his parents in 1939.
Peter and I are down by the water. If you look real close, Kelso is to my right. Picture by Wayne.
Another picture by Wayne, Peter and I down by the water and Kelso is the left of Peter.