Beach Combing

Day 101

Running low on locations to explore, we would normally lean towards taking in a game of golf, today would be one of those days. The day was expected to be reach into the high twenties, and with the power issues the campground had, we did not want leave the pups unattended in the Rv without AC. 

We do have a Genstart system installed on the Rv. This system will start the generator and produce power the AC would need to keep the RV at a set temperature, then shut off shortly after the AC does. The generator feeds off the main fuel tank of the Rv and there is a failsafe built into the Rv that will prevent the generator from starting, if, and when the fuel level reaches the quarter tank mark. Knowing this, I was leery to run the Genstart with our fuel level already close to the quarter tank level.

As you can guess, both Lori and I worry about the pups when we travel without them. My biggest fear is for the power to fail somehow and the temperature to rise to dangerous levels in the Rv. To resolve this, I decided to have a Wifi temperature monitor shipped to our next campground, this will allow me to track the Rv temperature when we are away. 

With two additional travelling companions joining us for the day, we decided to head down highway 217 the Digby Necks and island Scenic Drive. This highway runs from Digby down to the East Ferry, continuing on to two islands stretches afterwards. Being a scenic drive, we had hopes there would be some beaches to explore. 

Our first few coves were rocky shores with plenty of interesting rocks to pick through, unfortunately there were no tidal pools to examine or treasures to be found. At lunch we headed to a beach named Sandy Beach for a little lunch. This beach is exactly as the name describes it, sandy. The water was calm and casually lapped up onto the sand, pushing the odd chunks of seaweed back and forth. We sat on a log situated near the back of the beach for lunch and people watched for a short time. After lunch we continued our journey to the tip of the neck where a ferry would hop you over to the next island. We checked the maps and google on the islands beyond and found the highway ran down the centre of them, offering little in the way of costal exploration. By this time we were several hours away from the Rv and it would be shorty after four o’clock on our return.

Beach combing today.  

From Delaps Cove to East Ferry. 

Gulliver's Cove 

Sandy Beach. 

East Ferry.