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Our Summer Vacation (Part 9)
The following morning, Tuesday 25th of August, as I said in the last post, we breakfasted with Evan then bade him adieu and headed into Yarmouth to see what trouble we could get into. First we stopped into Canadian Tire where Helen was already h...
Our Summer Vacation (Part 8)
Leaving Digby, Marilyn and I motored on to Yarmouth. The trip was uneventful, and all in all, a pleasant drive. Arriving in the town of Yarmouth we went directly to the restaurant where we had arranged to meet Marilyn’s school chum Helen and ...
Our Summer Vacation (Part 7)
After leaving Whale Cove we wended our way back along the picturesque drive back into the town of Digby. First settled in 1783 by United Empire Loyalists the town is named for Rear Admiral, Sir Robert Digby, who was Captain of the HMS Atalanta, a 2...
Our Summer Vacation (Part 6)
By now we knew we wanted to be in Yarmouth for Tuesday evening to meet up with Marilyn’s old school chum Hellen and her son Evan. That meant slightly accelerating our progress along the shore, so we decided instead of returning home along the...
Our Summer Vacation (Part 5)
Although this is Part 5 of my vacation narrative it is actually only day two, which happens to be the day of Hurricane Bill’s visit to Nova Scotia, Sunday 23 August, 2009. Where we were, along the Evangeline Trail, we were only experiencing r...
Our Summer Vacation (Part 4)
When we left the Walton lighthouse we were already getting hungry but realized we would likely have to drive through to Windsor to find a place for supper. I had remembered a restaurant there which we had visited once before when Marilyn was trucki...

