The Gold Coast

Hello!

On Saturday, September 20, 2008 and that last Saturday of summer, Ann & I decided to explore part of the Gold Coast of Nova Scotia - at least, we call it the Gold Coast but really is either the Eastern Shore or The Marine Drive by Tourism Nova Scotia --- all part of our The Almost Free Family Fun in Halifax, Nova ScotiaDIY Cruise Ship Excursion.

We left our home in Clayton Park in west-end Halifax and crossed the MacKay Bridge and made out way to Martinique Beach -- following along the road for East Petpeswick ( the tidal flats are extremely well known for clamming - great clams come from here. We did a number of snapshots of this great beach - at 3 miles long it is Nova Scotia's longest sand beach --- our snap-shots show what we call Little Martinique and others showing "Big Martinique.

Back-tracking we made our way to the Jeddore/Oyster Pond area ( Route 7 ) crossing the Salmon River Bridge -- more about this spot in a minute, arriving at the Fisherman's Life Museum and more snap-shots for The Almost Free Family Fun in Halifax, Nova Scotia DIY Cruise Ship Excursion.

Following our time at the Fisherman's Life Museum we started our return journey to home. We had to stop for snaps-shots of all the fun taking place at the Pirates of Jeddore Festival at Salmon River Bridge ( http://www.novascotiapirates.ca/ ).

Our last snap-shot shoot was of the Musquodoboit River --- from Highway # 7's bridge across the river --- yes it is a good fishing river.

Our time was short, the weather was sunny for the most part and as Ann remarked it was " warm enough " and there was a mild breeze. The scenery was great - few cars on the roads -- and people were enjoying - "the last days of summer ".

Look for the snap-shots on the web.

Til next time
Bob