It’s a driving day. We leave the ferry around 7 AM Atlantic Time. We are no longer in the Newfoundland Time of ½ hour earlier. We stop for breakfast on Cape Breton Island at the Farmer’s Daughter. When leaving we purchase a loaf of delicious grain bread and hit the road again. Our plans tomorrow are to see the Semi-Palmated Sandpipers while they are still along the upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy. Thus miles today.
We’ve explored Cape Breton in the past and we want to see the sandpipers so we drive off Cape Breton without spending time there. Once onto Nova Scotia’s mainland we decide to take the The Coastal Drive along the north shore of Nova Scotia. Five years earlier Wells was in the area photographing. He stayed at an Airbnb on the water along this coast. He remembered being awakened by lobster boats in front of where he had stayed as they were checking their traps. There were two places within a quarter mile. One of which sold cooked lobsters. Hey Marsha maybe we can buy some lobster today. As we drive along the coast we see the place where Wells stayed and a bit further there was the place that sold lobster. The sign was not out by the road rather propped against the building. We stop and discover it is closed. A man mowing his lawn drives over to us and we ask about lobster. He replies that it’s not lobster season so there is nothing to sell. Marsha heads back to the truck while Wells and Joe Grant talk for a bit. He’s curious about our trip so Wells talks about where we’ve been and that he stayed at the place down the road. Wells heads back to the truck and Joe returns to mowing the lawn. Before we start moving he waves us to stop. I ask him what’s up and he replies he will be right back. He heads into the building and comes out with a frozen package of lobster meat which he gives to us. He accepts no payment. It was a warm friendly gift.
We locate a campground near the Confederation Bridge that connects New Brunswick with Prince Edward Island. This leaves a comfortable drive to locate sandpipers tomorrow. What’s for dinner? Lobster and salad!
Seeing North America 