Just a Stop, but Pretty Nice

We’re headed south along the east coast of Nova Scotia. I booked us into a quick 2 night stop at Spry Bay Campground and Cabins. The front part of the campground is for transients, like us, and it was pretty empty.

Matey and I had a nice view from the screen house.

When we got back from our reconnaissance walk we found we had neighbors, Bob and Jodie, a really nice couple from Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

They were only here overnight and in the morning they packed up all their stuff, including a little refrigerator, a little generator, solar panels, camping equipment and a screen room into this tidy package…

and away they went on their Spyder. I was impressed.

I followed them out because I needed to do wash today and had found out that the laundromat here was out of service. The woman told me the closest one was 33 miles away in Head of Jeddore. So off I went to Danny’s Cafe and Laundromat. But when I got there it was Michelle’s Cafe and Laundromat and there was no laundry equipment. The nice young ladies assured me it would be in by September first. The next laundromat was another 23 miles.

But just before I got to Head of Jeddore I had passed the campground we stayed at in this area last year. I called them and for a dollar day use pass I could go in and use their laundry, so that’s what I did.

By time I got back and we put the laundry away and I had lunch it was three o’clock. I asked Bud if he would come walking with Matey and me at nearby Taylor’s Head Provincial Park. We were somewhat dismayed by the parking lot full of cars…probably 20 or so. We took off on a path through the woods…

but it soon dumped us out on the crowded beach.

Well, yes, this seems crowded to us.

Anyway, we went back and found more trail through the woods.

That ended at this big rock and we had to walk out on the beach.

Matey doesn’t like walking in the sun, but wading in the ocean cooled him off when needed (it was about 72 degrees).

We walked down to this rocky place…

and I took a couple of pictures before we headed back.

On the way off the beach Bud spotted this whale vertebrae that someone had found and put up on a rock. I think that’s seaweed growing on it.

So on the whole it was a good day. Now that we’re back in the camper it’s clouding over and may rain. Nice timing.