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The Nova Scotia Visitor Center, as we entered from New Brunswick.

One of the Visitor Center played his bagpipes for a while while we ate lunch.

I wish we had photographed all the catchy and creative business signs we saw along the way.

One of our favorite places is Pugwash. This is where, I think starting in the 1950s, prominent scientists came together to try to figure out world peace. They had figured out atomic energy and cosmic theories, and figured they should try something even more practical and useful.

This explains more about the Conferences.

The sign in the right window says "Do something amazing every day".

More about Pugwash.

As the previous photo explained, street signs are in English and Gaelic.

The office of our favorite Nova Scotia campground.

Our campsite on the cliff over the beach.

Another view of the campground. Way across you can see Prince Edward Island, of Anne of Green Gables fame.

One reason we like this particular campground is the great view of the sunsets. They last a long time, up to an hour even.

The view was great, but also was the cold wind on the beach. This is the day it was very hot in San Diego.

We met a nice family from Halifax who also think this is a great campground! Brianna, Drew, and their niece and nephew.

Driving through a little town, we had to follow a detour due to some construction. I stopped to look at my iPhone map to make sure we were on the right track, and this nice couple stopped to see if we needed help.They confirmed the route we needed to take so we continued.

Before we left on the trip, our friend, Julie, told us her ancestors had come from Tatamagouche and River John, both of which were on our route.

Tatamagouche is a larger town and is on the railroad line. They have restored their station and some rail cars. You can eat on an old dining car and sleep in a car too.

At the train station gift store, we found this van ornament and couldn't pass it up.

 

On a store front were some old photos showing the town long ago.

River John is smaller, but cute. We had lunch by the river behind this sign. Can you see the van?

Some interesting decorating of the bushes along the road.

The route along the Nova Scotia western shoreline.

Flowers along the way.

Flowers grown outside are cut, displayed, and sold inside a vegetable stand/bakery place.

Imaginative road sign.

 

Next, Cape Breton Island, the northern half of Nova Scotia.