After a quick breakfast and some shopping we started our journey to discover Nova Scotia. Roger, our tourist information agent had recommended a scenic drive on Hwy 366 which follows the coast and was definitely worthwhile. Anne Murray has a house along this stretch as did Ron Joyce. There is a Tim Horton children’s camp here as well.

Our first stop was Heather Beach where we had lunch at a picnic table overlooking the Northumberland Strait at low tide. The red sandy beach has some sections of rock and red clay. Needless to say, after lunch we went for a swim. This isn’t an easy task at low tide as the water is only knee deep for quite a distance. We walked on a sandy bottom, then a rocky bottom and then sand again and rocks again until we could swim very carefully on our backs. We had a great time!

After our swim, Pepsi also got a chance to explore the beach and she did with great excitement.

The park even had a water wheelchair!

On route again, our next stop was the The Seagull Company, a pewter manufacturer and shop. The factory was closed because it was Sunday, but they do offer tours during the week. The shop has really beautiful items with different patterns.

Tatamagouche is a quaint small town along the route with lovely shops, including a brewery, chocolate shop and museum. The museum staff was just taking the Open flag in when we arrived, so not much to report here.

Frustrated, we had to visit the Appleton Chocolate shop where we each had one Maple Lavender truffle, especially designed for a festival. It was interesting, but the St. Sauveur chocolate shop is still our favourite so far.

Nearby was the Tatamagouche micro-brewery which also had a small bar and patio. We decided to buy two cans of beer for our sausage dinner later on. The young woman at the bar suggested a small park just out of town for our BBQ.

The park has a number of picnic tables along a small loop, is very well maintained and clean and became our stop for the night.