Linwood Harbour NS to Salsman Prov Park NS

Today was a short drive to another NS Provincial Park. First we visited a wharf near where we camped last night. Very pretty, but where's the beach the signs pointed us at? Never did find an accessible beach. Nice little drive though:

Safety First?

 

Then since it was sort of on the way, we went into Antigonish to get a replacement for the step we use to get in and out of the van. Our old one had been repaired and the repair had cracked, so not safe to use. It needs a good shop that knows how to weld aluminum. Our new plastic one will get us by until then.

Then on to Salsman Provincial Park. We'd been here before and lucked in to a really nice site. We hoped to get it this time too, but didn't expect to. No problem today, for several hours we were the only campers in the whole park! It's a bit out of the way, but several beautiful waterfront sites:

Even some firewood left by an earlier camper

A kingfisher was hard at work nearby

Nice lunch with Sugar Snap peas from the Mabou market, and local smoked salmon

 

For supper we tried out our new butane stove. I see a lot of nomads using these because they are smaller and lighter than the usual camp stoves. We carry it to use when we want to cook outside. It worked really well for us.

Very stable in use

My homemade wind deflector

Magnets hold the deflector sides in as needed

Packed and ready to stow away

 

The only issue we've found is that the stove isn't quite hot enough for searing things in very windy conditions. This has only been an issue once in 4 years though (note as of 2023). 

Tonight we cooked some scallops outside, they tasted great: