The Cove

This evening we are at The Cove, a campground on the edge of the Bay of Fundy. It is located in the small village of Parker's Cove, Nova Scotia. This is a working fishing community. There is a commercial fishing wharf only a few yards away and a lobster boat working the waters just offshore of the campground. The sounds from the wharf and the engine offshore are cut by the cries of the gulls and together make a kind of music common to all coasts where people still work the sea for a living. Toward evening a fog developed and then just as quickly dissipated, just in time for a blazing sunset over the Bay. We will happily use this place for the next few days as a base to explore this region of Nova Scotia. Tomorrow we will start by going to Annapolis Royal, but this evening we drove down the coast and stopped at the small coves, places with crumbling wharfs and ramshackle buildings and old men and old dogs. Comfortable places where people smile and wave as you drive by. Nobody seems to be in a hurry. As we head back to the campground we see a small convenience store that was advertised at the campground. We don't really need anything but we stop anyway and go in. We are the only customers so we have the chance to talk with the woman behind the counter. She seems shy at first, then she tells us about the area and some of the things that we should see. We head on back as the fog goes and we just catch the sunset.

Bob