Monday, October 7, 2024

Sept. 11th, 2024, Day 15 East Coast - Cape Split PP and Wolfsville

It was again a nice day. We had breakfast at the campground. Then we drove to the Cape Split Provincial Park (maybe 15 to 20 minute drive). From the trailhead we hiked a 12 to 13km round trail to Cape Split and back. The trail runs mostly in forest areas along Minas Basin to Cape Split and from there back along Scott's Bay to the trailhead. There are a handful lookouts on the way. And Cape Split itself is a gorgeous cape that offers views into Minas Basin, across the Bay of Fundy and into Scott's Bay. It is basically a hundred to two-hundred meters of open meadow bordered by steep cliffs into the Bay of Fundy and Minas Basin. There was a decent wind that was completely absent within the forest. Very nice. We did not see whales despite looking with the binocular for a longer time. 

After making it back to the trailhead we decided to do a bit of sightseeing of the northern end of the Annapolis Valley with the car. We made it to Wolfsville first. There we ended up shopping at 2 local farm-owned shops for vegetables and fruits. Afterwards we parked in downtown Wolfsville and walked various streets in downtown. Wolfsville is a university town (Acadia University) and was very lively. Lots of people walked in the streets (a good chunk were likely students). The downtown houses were old and neat. We visited a local cheese shop and bought an "Annapolis Valley Gold" alpine-style cheese. It was very good when I opened and tasted it a few days later. We also visited a Nova Scotia Liquor Store and perused the local wines. It turned out that the north end of Annapolis valley had their own appellation and we bought 2 different bottles as future gifts (as of writing this the bottles are still closed, so I can't comment further on the wine). We also had an ice-cream on the way.

Afterwards we returned to the campground and had dinner. We had another gorgeous starry night.

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