It seems like the trip just started and somehow also like we've been in Nova Scotia forever, either way, it's almost time to go home!
For our second last full day R took me to a place that he used to spend time when he was younger.
We drove to Brass Hill, parked and trudged out into a peninsula in the bay. It's a large area that is partly tree'd or covered in tall grass and partly rocky shoreline.
The tall grass freaked me out a bit because I have an unreasonable fear of ticks even though I've never seen one. Despite that, we made the long trek through, flip flops and all.
R mentioned before hand that we might spot some deer in the area and we actually did!
We stepped in wet sinky holes in the grass, avoided thorn bushes and eventually hopped from rock to rock along the shore until we hit the very top of the peninsula.
From the tip we could see a small island and I was convinced that there were dogs on it, but Ryan pointed out that it has no connections to the mainland and that would mean it has a self sufficient pack of dogs that live there permanently. Or they're really good swimmers... Any which way, I've been convinced that the "barking" I heard must have been something else.
Our little adventure took us a little over an hour round trip and I came out with no ticks!! Ryan on the other hand did find one, but it was only on his pant leg. I can now say that I have seen a tick, and I never want to again.
With the excitement of our day over we picked up pizza and went home to watch old movies on Netflix before bed. In our combined times in Barrington we watched Sabrina, Catch me if you can, Jumanji and Cheaper by the Dozen.
In the morning on our last day we packed up the rental car and hit the road headed for Halifax. This time R's little sister came with us.
Along the way we made our third stop at the LaHave Bakery. I'm a bit obsessed if you can't tell. You would be too if you had any idea how delicious it was. We had scones and muffins and brownies and tea and I loved every bite. We did eventually have to say our last farewell and get back on the road.
Straight on to Halifax, through the crazy traffic and weird roads and down to the waterfront.
The Halifax harbour is a buzzing, lively place packed to the edges with tourists. Ice cream, museums, shops and restaurants are a few of the things that you'll stumble upon. Also, art installations.
We saw the harbour hopper tour "bus" and Theodore Tugboat, people partying on tied up sailboats and street entertainers playing their music.
After stopping for food at one of the many vendors we headed back to the car to make our way to our hotel. I know I said this was our last day, but we have one more sleep before an early morning flight.
The hotel we got is right next to the airport for a convenient early morning checkout and 6 of us shared the two bed room to keep it inexpensive. This meant that R and I were sleeping on the floor, not really a problem for us though.
To kill some time in the evening R, his 2 sisters and myself all went swimming. We had silly competitions for who could swim the fastest or hold their breath longer, and had a ton of fun doing it. Eventually we all got tired and headed upstairs for showers.
Clean and ready for bed we all made a quick trip to the store downstairs to stock up on junk food. Just because.
After a very short sleep we drove to the airport and returned our Jeep.
During this trip we drove 3300km through 2 provinces and had an amazing time! I honestly want to stay in Nova Scotia permanently. I've wanted to move here since I visited the first time and this trip just reiterated that feeling for me.
Due to some crazy thick fog our flight was delayed about 3 hours. That time in the airport wasn't much fun but we made it through and eventually touched back down in Alberta.
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