Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

(The new hitch seems to work just fine and it is definitely a heavier duty Blue Ox than the Alpha.  If anyone is looking for a new 10,000 lb hitch, the Aventa LX seems like a good choice.  I would also recommend an "immobilizer" that reduces, or eliminates, any play in the receiver.)

Truro, NS was indeed a good camping spot, not easy to find via GPS as it is in Hinden, just outside of Truro on another Route 2.  Depending on which way you're traveling you can take either exit 15 or exit 12 from the 104 and my suggestion is to call Scotia Pine campground for specific directions.  Tall pine trees border each campsite and we got in fairly easily, a shaded spot and did not even need the awnings.  From Truro, you can venture forth according to your preferences whether to Cape Breton, Halifax or Digby on the north shore of the Bay of Fundy.   Our choices were to Lunenberg on the south shore and Digby, each on different days and an overnight to Digby leaving the big rig in Truro.

Side trips for the scenic routes worked well and those would have been tough with the coach so we left it parked and just took the truck on the back country and bay and ocean routes.  The tides and the tidal bore on the Bay of Fundy are among the world's highest tides, as much as 25 feet or more.  The small villages have a lot of charm and character as do many of the people who live there.  We did not do P.E.I. or Cape Breton this trip but those are both highly recommended and some people camp at the entrance to the Cabot Trail.

We went whale watching from Brier Island at the far end of Digby neck and Digby is one of those picturesque fishing villages so typical of the Nova Scotia coastline.  In Digby's case the main feature is scallops.  Lobstering season was over in July in most places but still available on the menus. 

From Nova Scotia, we traveled back to New Brunswick, rain all day Thursday, July 24, to St. Andrews, NB, off the new Highway 1, south on Route 127.  The campground is Kiwanis Ocean Front Campground on Water Street fronting on the bay. Delightful place, great weather and terrific view as we are parked pulled in head first, looking across the street to the bay.  It's the middle of the summer and not crowded in a great place.