Summer began with a visit from my "identical twin cousin" Carol and her hubby Don.
During their visit we visited three very different beaches.
First came Clam Harbour on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore which faces the chilly Atlantic Ocean.
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| Carol and Don at Clam Harbour |
Is there anything more relaxing than a stroll along a beach ?
When visitors come, I feel prompted to visit places I haven't been before. It's hard to imagine that in six years I haven't made the easy one hour drive to Clam Harbour.
Isn't it amazing that we had such a spectacular beach to ourselves on a lovely day in June ?
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| Found this ready-made on the beach. Is it a mandala ? |
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| Nope. That's NOT me. That's my identical twin cousin, Carol enjoying the muck of low tide. Check out her right foot. |
Having a couple of goofy dogs romping on the soggy beach with us just added to the fun.
And lastly, on another day when the sun was actually shining, we visited another Fundy beach, the amazing, fossil-laden, Blue Beach.
At high tide there might be only 10 or 20 feet of beach to explore, and in some places there is NO beach left at all. Should you not be paying attention to the incoming tide as you walk along with your head down, searching for fossils, you could get trapped in one of the many little coves as the incoming tide cuts off your exit route.
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| Carol and Don comb the shore for fossils. |
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| This might be fossilized sand shaped by the waves of a long-gone sea. |
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| I wonder if these are fossilized worm tunnels or plants ? |
I'm told there are fossil amphibian tracks along the shore, but after a couple of visits I still haven't found them.
So I better go back again next year to keep looking.
Care to come with me ?
I would dearly love to see Blue Beach and Burncoat Head, though I do check it out periodically on the webcam. Friends of my daughter actually served a dinner on the shore there, keeping good tabs on the tides of course. Thanks for taking me along.
ReplyDeleteI'd heard about that dinner. It looked like an amazing experience but at $250 a plate was far out of my price range ... It must have been a complicated thing to coordinate and bringing that food down all those stairs to the beach...
DeleteThere are so many beaches to explore! I prefer beach walking in off season. We beach walk in the winter too...people think we are crazy.
ReplyDeleteSara, I never go to the beach in the Summer. This year I made the exception of going to Clam Harbour to see the sandcastles .. it was craaaaazy.
DeleteI often go on beach walks on Christmas Day. It's becoming a tradition and a lovely one. I don't think you're crazy.
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DeleteVery nice to see whatcha been up to! I am impressed with the fossils. Brings back a childhood memory of two pieces of fossilized rocks that we found. Fascinating. But they got lost somewhere along the way and I've always wondered what happened to them.
ReplyDeleteKathy, the beach is covered in fossils. Perhaps your missing ones are here. You should come for a visit and I'll take you there. ;-)
DeleteSybs; I would say we were accompanied by one fossil to Blue Beach, but that would just be mean! (heh, heh!!)
ReplyDeleteYes it would. ;-) BTW that "fossil" got me hooked on "Border Security" ...
DeleteHaving company is always a great way to "sightsee" in our own locale. Even if I've been someplace before, I tend to notice knew things through the eyes of my guests. I can't imagine having a beach all to yourself in June. But you did say that is the cold side...maybe that explains it. It would love finding the cold side of anything during the summer!
ReplyDeleteExactly Linda. Summer here rarely gets TOO hot. I love Nova Scotia for three seasons of the year. lol
DeleteOh, that crazy Bay of Fundy! Looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteDebra, that crazy Bay of Fundy is spectacular. And because of the changing tides it's different each time I visit.
DeleteThere is nothing more relaxing than a stroll along a beach! We're headed out to Cape Cod tomorrow for the weekend for just that reason. :) And I agree with you, beaches are beautiful even in so-called dreary weather. I'd love to come with you some day, Sybil! Your beaches have a lot of interesting features I'd love to explore.
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