Kev n Jens Adventures: Grand Pré, NS and Back in the US

Sep 15, 2024 - Today is the turning point of the trip, we are no longer going farther from home, we're pointed towards the barn. We can't be too sad, we still have 2.5 weeks of travel left in us, but we are really sad to be leaving Nova Scotia. It's been such a beautiful place. It's a 4+ hour drive today, but we're making a slight detour to visit Grand Pré National Historic Site. This will split our drive in half and give us a spot for lunch. We are staying at a Harvest Host tonight in Collingswood Corner NS.

Leaving Keji

We're starting to see more color change in the leaves

The hydrangeas are busting out. I love all the shades of pink in this bush.

Google loves to find gravel roads for us to take, even when it's not necessary.

The Grand Pré National Historic Site tells the story of the Acadians that were deported by the British in 1755 to 1763. This Commemorative Church was built in 1922, but designated as a Memorial Church in 1992.

"Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie" was a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1847 which follows a young girl during the Acadian expulsion. A statue of Evangeline is in front of the Memorial Church.

The Acadian flag. I couldn't get the wind to cooperate, but it's blue, white and red with a yellow star in the blue stripe.

the museum in the church told the story of the Acadians

the backside of the church is as pretty as the front

beautiful gardens at the Historic Site

pretty willow trees along the stream

more red chairs

Mirabelle wants to get those geese

another pretty view

We made it to Petals & Pitchforks for the night. Natalie and her daughter have started a small farm and they sell local items. We were the only ones there and it was a nice quiet spot for the night.

There was a trail across the street.

Petals & Pitchforks

Ice Cream sundaes for dessert

Sunset

Sep 16, 2024 - Today it's a 3 hour drive to our next Harvest Host in St. George, New Brunswick. We're staying at Granite Town Blueberry Farm. It's not really a blueberry farm, but more a processing plant. Luckily the blueberry season is over so no trucks are coming and going. It wasn't the best spot, but the town of St. George was a cute spot to walk around.

View of the area behind our spot for the night

Across the street was the St George salmon fish ladder.

St George's water is affected by the Bay of Fundy

We walked through town and crossed a bridge at the other side of the fish ladder to get this great view.

King Blueberry

Our site for the night

Kevin found this weird ceiling light at the Birch Grove Restaurant. One of the locals had told us to go there and get the scallops and Aunt Gerry said they were great.

pretty tree on the walk back to our camping spot.

Sep 17, 2024 - Today we're headed back to the US! The line was short at the US Customs, but it wasn't a good sign when we saw the agent coming out of the trailer in line in front of us. The agent asked us if we had fruits and vegetables, and we had just bought tomatoes. He decided he needed to check our fridge and came in and looked through ALL of our cupboards. He ended up with a bag that he filled up...eggs, PEI potatoes, tomatoes, and jalapenos (and he wanted to take our plant, but decided against it). Gene & Gerry lost a bunch too, most tragic was a brand new bag of oranges.