June
21, 2018
Dunromin
Campground in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, where we had two of our best tours
of the caravan. The first, on the night we arrived was the Graveyard Tour, by
lantern. We met at the Visitor’s Center of the Fort Ann Citadel (fort), at
dusk, and our tour guide, Allen Melencon gave us some history of himself and
why he does these tours, and of the Acadian People. Just before total darkness
falls, we walked to the graveyard where our tour really began. Allen knows the
history and life story of most everyone in the graveyard and he knows how to
play the effects of the shadows made by the lantern as he holds it close to his
face so that we can see him as he talks to us, to add mystery to his tales. We
did this tour in 2012, and we were not disappointed in it this year.
Our tour guide introduces himself
We have half a moon tonight
Story teller extraordinaire!
Getting this many people to pay attention and look at the camera can be a challenge, didn't work this time either, but Phil tried.
The
second of our best tours was a Whale Watching tour out of Digby, NS, called Petit
Passage. Our captain found whales within about ½ hour after leaving the dock, a
pod of Humpback whales, mostly young males, who really put on a show for us. I
think we stayed in that one spot for about 45 minutes watching these guys play
in the water.
We are all diligently looking for whales, and the best way to spot them is to look for the...
Spout!!!
This guy played for a long time for us, Phil has some excellent video, but it was to long to put on the blog, :(
This guy took off from a standstill to try to jump, what he achieved was more of a belly flop!
Back to the pier.
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