TransCanada 2012

Nov. 2 - 3 Visiting Wolfville

Back in April, before I had started my trip, my Dad gave me the contact info of a man named Mike from Wolfville, Nova Scotia. When my Dad spoke to him on the phone regarding some agricultural business, he had mentioned to Mike that I was about to embark on a Trans Canada cycling trip and Mike promptly offered to have me come for a visit once I reach the east coast. So, I called him up and he and his wife Jocelyn made room in their already super busy schedule to accommodate us for a night and even take us for a little tour of the area next morning.

Wolfville is a beautiful little university town in the agricultural Annapolis Valley. Similar to the Okanagan Valley back in BC, it has a blossoming wine industry. It also has a very rich Acadian history. The Acadians, former French settlers, actively farmed the fertile ground inthe 1600's and 1700's before getting deported by the British around 1755. Numerous historical artifacts are still being unearthed every year as farmers tend their fields. Below is Jocelyn's collection of artifacts they found when they built their vineyard.

Jocelyn had prepared a lovely dinner for us and one of her friends joined us also. The big treat this evening was definitely the 1985 vintage Champagne. Mmmmm, delish!

(James, me, Jocelyn, Mike and Sorry forgot your name)

View from our bedroom window.

Mike and Jocelyn's house. The left half of it is the original farm house which used to belong to Mike's grandmother.

Below is the view from the small hill beside their vineyard. In the far distance, in the middle of the horizon, you can see the areas' landmark, a steep sloped land mass called Blomidon that juts out into the ocean. When the light hits it at the right angle and intensity, it glows orange.

Mike and Jocelyn took us all the way over to Halls Harbour by the Bay of Fundy. Near there we stopped at a beach where Mike showed us the quirkiest little cottages, built entirely from concrete.