Livin It Up in Ludenberg

We spent several days near Ludenberg on the Southern Coast. Ludenberg is a classic old shipping town, and designated as only one of two World Heritage sites in North America by UNESCO. The town is laid out in a classic English village configuration with neat rows of avenues and streets defining the neighborhood. The Bells and Kings toured the maritime museum which highlighted the famous fishing schooner Bluenose II. The original Bluenose won virtually all of its races against the US fishing schooner from Glouster. It was eventually sold to the East Indian trading Company and was scuttled on a reef in the Bahamas. Bluenose II is an exact replica and now is in dry dock for a two year restoration.
We stayed at a camp ground known as “the ovens.” The ovens are a series of caves along the rugged coast. Back in the 1890s, gold was discovered here, and a small town erupted over night. About 120,000 pounds of gold was extracted until the claims went dry. We bumped into a family panning for gold, and they showed us their findings, tiny specks of gold! We had a great camp site overlooking the ocean. The next day we toured Blue Rock, a tiny fishing village some ten kilos from Ludenberg. What a gem! Small, multicolored, houses encircle the tiny harbor featuring classic trawlers and sailboats at their moorings.

Earlier we stopped at Peggy’s cove which features the most famous lighthouse in Nova Scotia. Out in front of the lighthouse was a young lassie in a kilt playing a bag pipe.

On the way to Digby we stopped to check out the largest wooden church in North America. Built in the early 1800s, the church is huge rising to 60 feet inside. (see pic)

We’re now in a camp ground close to the town of Digby located at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy. The Kings and Bells biked in for dinner and then attended a rock concert in the village green. After about an hour, it began to pour, so the Bells scurried back to the camp. The kings hung in there and danced away for another hour in the rain.

The food has been spectacular. Last nigh the Bells feasted on Haddock and Salmon. The Kings enjoyed the famous scallops of Digby. We've also been pigging out on Mussels and Lobster

Today the Bells and Kings play a round of golf. Tomorrow, we’re off to Maitland at the end of the Bay of Fundy. The Kings and Bells plan a rubber raft ride in the Bay of Fundy riding the famous flood tide back into the bay. They say the ride endures fourteen foot waves. I say “good luck.”