It needs to be stated that we travel most days, yet not all days are travel days. We call it a travel day when we hitch to our Airstream and move locations. We’ve enjoyed our stay at Valleyview Provincial Park overlooking the beautiful Annapolis Valley, a primary agricultural area of Nova Scotia, yet it’s time to move towards the far north reaches of the Bay of Fundy as our traveling companions, David and Jeanne start their trek towards home. Meanwhile, Marsha and Wells still have almost 3 weeks before we catch the ferry to Newfoundland.
Five Islands Provincial Park is part of the greater Fundy Geopark including much of the north shore of the Bay Fundy. Most of the campsites have views of the Bay and at times extensive mud flats depending upon the tide. We’re only here for one night yet there is plenty to see. Sunset has us along the shore as the four of us enjoy the sunset. Once the sun sets three are ready to head back to the campsites, but Wells encourages them to stick around. Once the sun sets then that is when the sky has the potential to put on a show. Well, the encouragement is not enough and we pile back into the one truck head back. About 30 minutes later the sky lights up.
The park has a 1 pm check out so we head out and explore a local area, Economy Cove. After there we head back to the campground to pack up and say our goodbyes. Next stop for Marsha and Wells is Nova Scotia’s North Shore near Pictou where the ferry runs from Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island.
We are at the campground late afternoon and soon meet our new neighbors. They had no plans to spend the night here, rather their plans were to have taken the ferry over to PEI. The ferry just before their scheduled ferry caught fire. With roughly 200 passengers and crew plus 80 some odd vehicles onboard the ferry had an engine fire. All were evacuated onto fishing vessels. The passengers were not able to get anything out of their cars. The important thing is nobody was hurt. As I write this on Saturday evening the ferry is still offshore with all the cars still onboard. The ferry company has stated they do not yet know how much damage occurred to the vehicles or if they can be recovered. The fire continues to burn.
Seeing North America 