Sonya's Blog - Day 99 - Lunenburg and Mahone Bay

Sonya
Sep 30, 2015
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Sonya’s Blog - Day 99 - September 29th - Lunenburg and Mahone Bay

We spent the morning getting organized and getting the kids back on schedule with school. I found some great grammar sheets for Isaac and printed off a bunch of math worksheets for him. It would have been nice during our two weeks away to have had some worksheets for him, especially for those down times when we are driving and have no wifi access. It also helps to keep him on track and focused and is really easy for us to assess how much he has accomplished and what we need to work on for him.

We took a little break before lunch and went down to the beach. It is a beautiful beach, but unfortunately the weather is not so hot. The kids and Blake goofed around and I walked Kizmet. We had the beach to ourselves, so that was a bonus.

We got on the road just after lunch and headed towards Lunenburg. We decided to take the lighthouse route because it goes along the coastline and we thought it would be nice. It was a lovely road and we had a nice drive. We drove through the town of Mahone Bay on our way to Lunenburg and it was a very picturesque little village. There was an upcoming scarecrow festival and the whole town was decked out in scarecrows. We decided to go to Lunenburg and then come back and explore Mahone Bay on our way back to the campground.

We arrived in Lunenburg, parked and started to walk around. We parked beside a giant pizza and Isaac and Kizmet wanted their pictures taken! Kizmet is really happy as you can see. We then went down to the harbour to see if the Bluenose was docked there. We got lucky, as it had just returned. It is unfortunate we didn’t see it coming back in, but that is the way it goes. We then explored the streets of Lunenburg. Lunenburg is the best surviving example of a planned British Colonial settlement. It was established in 1753 and the layout is based on a rectangular grid pattern, which was drawn up in England. There are many original buildings still standing and they have plaques on them to tell you when the house was built and who it was built for. It was lovely to walk around and explore.

After we were done our exploration we headed back to Mahone Bay, Isaac really wanted some pictures of the scarecrows. Blake and the kids headed off to check out the town while I got some groceries and then I caught up with them. We got quite a few pictures and had a few laughs at some of the scarecrow set-ups. The picture is of me with the Royal Family and I also like this one of Marilyn. Blake was talking to one of the locals about the upcoming festival and somehow the conversation came around to the Supermoon. It has really affected the tides and the water in Mahone Bay was super low and at one point you could cross over a small inlet. A lady that had lived in the town for 55 years had never seen the water so low and she walked across the inlet today just to say she did.