5 August 2013 Waiting for repair supplies

Today we are waiting for repair supplies for Marge and Jerry's rig. We explored the seashore and searched for lighthouses east from our campground at Glen Margaret to Lower Prospect. Our first stop was at Indian Harbor just a few miles south. Here we found a light house and some great views.

 Indian Harbour Light House

One of the islands in the harbor area

Turn around 180 degrees, and this large island is off the shore

The tide was out so we just had to do a little beach combing.

Phil and Carlos on the beach at Indian Harbor

Marge and Jerry beach combing also

We hiked down a short path and enjoyed our lunch at this point near East Dover. As usual we set up our lawn chairs (and Carlos's bed), had our lunch, and just sat awhile listing to the ocean and enjoying the view. There were actually several homes below our picnic area, and a couple directly behind us. People have found their little slices of heaven--the roads back into this area were pot-holed and gravel.

Lunch at East Dover

Our next stop was the delightful fishing and retirement community of Prospect and Prospect Bay. Patrice spied this wonderful set of model buildings, animals, and people that had been built by one of the locals. Unfortunately, he passed away just the week before we visited his work. None of these models were taller than about 3 feet. Use the house in the background of the first picture as a reference--the detail is amazing. Wonder what will happen to the models now that he's gone.

"Flakes" for drying cod

Dog on the porch and laundry

All models to scale to each other

We found the light house at Lower Prospect and Terence Bay after a short hike from the road. We were also able to do a little beach combing from this scenic site.

 

Lower Prospect Light House

Marge and Jerry at beach near Lower Prospect Lighthouse

 On our way back to our campground we found this lighthouse at Bayside.

Bayside light house

We ended our day with coffee and a chocolate tort at the Sou'Wester restaurant at Peggy's Cove. Peggy's Cove is a tourist destination, and there were hundreds of people all over the little town. August 5 (Monday) is Nova Scotia Natal Day--celebrating the birth of Nova Scotia as a Canadian Province. People were out on beaches with their families, swimming and sunbathing, and the rocks near the lighthouse at Peggy's Cover were covered with people coming and going.

On our way home we saw some thunderheads that were moving in and kicking up the seas. 

Rain coming toward us, sun peeping through