Wolfville

We left the hotel early to beat the heat but got no farther than the parking lot when we were stopped by a native Acadian.  This guy was a real character.  He took an immediate liking to Joe’s muscular arms, not believing that he was an IBM programmer but rather a real working man.   The Acadian’s family (whose name we cannot pronounce let alone spell) was kicked out of Nova Scotia by the British but subsequently returned to their homeland.  He works for the electric company and said that he was just hours away from being sent to Virginia when it had its recent storm related power outages.  To get to Virginia would have taken his crew 2.5 days of hard driving.  We finally got away when the rest of his crew showed up and they went off to breakfast.

Once on our bikes we headed back towards Fundy Bay.  Today’s climb over the mountain was more gradual but longer as we went through a passage where the mountains dropped somewhat.  At the bay we were once again greeted by fog and overcast skies that continued throughout our ride.  The overcast skies kept the temperatures down but hindered our photography.  The ride along the bay was the closest that we have had so far and we found several areas to pull off and enjoy the moment.  At one location we visited an art studio but refrained from buying local art work.  Climbing back over the mountain further east gave us another long but gentle climb. Back in the valley we stopped at a fruit stand and ate a quart of fresh picked cherries before cycling back to our van for the drive to Wolfville. 

In Wolfville we are staying at the Victoria’s Historic Inn that was built in 1893 by William Henry Chase.  Locally, Mr. Chase was known as the “Apple King” because he built the province’s first railway warehouse which became a major shipping point for the regions apple crop. By 1933 he was one of the biggest apple exporters in the world.

We are staying just behind the main house in the carriage house.  The room is spacious and very nicely decorated.  We plan to stay here 2 nights before driving to Cape Breton.

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