At low tide you can walk right out to the lighthouse. It used to be relied on by the local commercial fishing fleets, and is still valued by recreational boaters.
We stopped by the Ovens park, with fond memories of it from many years before. It’s still there, but much changed, as so often happens. Now it is a day use park and campground, quite crowded and busy today, and camping there had no appeal to us.
So, back out to #193 to exit 7, and on to Graves Island Provincial Park. We were fortunate to get a site there ($25, no hookups), only available for a night because of upcoming weekend reservations. It’s a hilly park with seaside access at one end, and nice high vistas at the other end where we were camped. We could see Mahone Bay from our site #87.
After a late lunch break we took a drive through Chester and on to the town of Mahone Bay. It’s a sunny and warm afternoon, 29C, a little warmer than we like.
We got parked in a lot in Mahone Bay and hiked around the town for a bit. It’s still a very pretty place, but very busy. It must be a real zoo on the weekends.
We soon headed back to our campsite to welcome showers, and also some wifi access at the park office. It was cooler here, 24C, and we set up our red umbrella shelter for some outdoor shade.
It was a lovely spot for our good salmon, scallops and kale salad supper.
There are lots of nice-looking sites in this park, with good views. It has an upscale feel to it compared to many of the other NS Provincial Parks we’ve been in. Of course, that matches the upscale air all around the area of Chester and Mahone Bay. It's a beautiful area and is obviously popular, but it’s gotten too busy for us. I expect it was partly because the day was way too warm for us too.
Today's approximate route:
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