{East Coast 12}

To start our time back in the Barrington area we decided on a beach day. The first place we went was just for the sand, we had no intention of going in the water. 

The causeway beach between Barrington Passage and Cape Sable Island is quite small and the water is very cold, but the sand is perfect. Soft, fine, white and glittery.  It seems so tropical! 

We saw a few families on the beach, but only the little ones went in the water and only in 1 area. As we walked away from there we found a bigger area with no one on it so we ditched our shoes and enjoyed the soft sand and warm sun. 

When we got to the side of the beach facing the causeway R had the idea to write words in the sand. We made a giant HELLO for all the cars to see and then decided we should get going to the actual beach destination for swimming. I walked in the water on the way back to the car and came to a conclusion. No matter how cold the water may be it always seems like I could swim in it anyway. When you live inland it's necessary to soak up all possible chances at being in the ocean. 

Once we got back in the car and onto the causeway we couldn't help but pull over and see what our HELLO really looked like. Unfortunately the beach is pretty flat so it was harder to see than we hoped!

Another 40 minutes down the road and having gotten lost only once, we made it to Welkum Park beach. A lake instead of the ocean this time. 

It was a scorching hot day but at the lake it was quite windy so that made it a bit harder to get in the water. We eventually did though and it was absolutely freezing. All the kids in the water didn't seem to notice the temperature at all, but it took us quite a while to get adjusted. 

We swam for about half an hour before we decided it was just too cold and got out to dry off in the sun. 

By the time we were dry and ready to leave we found ourselves too hot again and decided ice cream in Shelburne would be just perfect. 

When I was researching places to visit before we came to Nova Scotia I kept seeing Pinterest posts about Moon Mist ice cream. Apparently it's only in Nova Scotia and it's a must have. So I had it. 

I'm really not sure what the flavour is but it was good!