Even Better

Sunday we came to another Nova Scotia Provincial Park. This one has only 30 campsites in total and only 12 serviced sites. Here we are in site number seven and it is very private.

There is a big area off to the side for my screen tent…

and Matey and I are enjoying the view.

Our visit to Ellenwood Lake was ruined when Matey was attacked by an unspayed female Boxer. She broke her flimsy lead and charged out and tackled him as we were walking by. Matey never saw her until she was on him. The person who brought her to the park (he said he wasn’t the owner) grabbed her and Matey wasn’t seriously hurt, but it was scary and enough to make me glad to leave.

So I am very glad to be at the smaller and appropriately named Valleyview Provincial Park. This is looking out on the Annapolis Valley. This lookout is just on the other side of our small camping loop.

Earlier this morning there was a very different view.

We are once again near the shore of the Bay of Fundy, this time on the southeast side. This morning we drove northeast to play disc golf. While there we drove up to a small provincial park on the east side of Cape Split.

Here we were directly across the bay from Glooscap, where we had stayed in early June.

It was low tide and there were the same huge beaches.

We came down these steps…

and had a look around.

Then we drove up to the top of the ridge that runs along the center of the cape.

We took the road as far as it went out the cape. From there Split Rock Trail takes you on a nine mile loop to the end of the cape.

We just stopped so I could get some pictures. First looking back at the mainland shore…

and then looking out towards the end of the cape.

That’s Scots Bay, the village on Scots Bay.

This is a boat launch, complete with boats waiting for high tide. They are tied to a floating dock. That post on the end secures the dock, notice how tall it is.

Yes, we are glad to be in our small campground and back near the fascinating Bay of Fundy.