The stormy weather has retreated from the scene but left in its wake the first really cold weather of the season - we even had some snow-like pellets skittering off the windshield this afternoon as we drove along the shore!
Our final full day here in Nova Scotia found us early on packing up and leaving our lodgings in Wolfville, stopping on the outskirts of town to pick up some of the apples for which the region is well known. A short drive took us to a "look off" giving us a grand view of the entire Minas Bay area and, a bit further along at Scott's Bay, a glimpse of Cape Split (a point of rocky shoreline still a five hour hike away).
We drove back roads through apple orchards to Kentville where we stopped to do a couple of hours genealogical research at the Kentville County Courthouse Museum Archives. The Bent family who lived in the area was the focus of our inquiries. We ascertained specificaly lthat both the Bents and the Crosbys were Planters, arriving from Cape Cod to take up residence in the area in 1760. That qualifies Heidi twice over, allowing her (and her descendants) to become member(s) of the Descendants of the Planters, akin the the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Following a quick lunch, we continued on down the coast, driving through Aylesford (where Heidi's grandmother was born) and, later, heading over to Howard's Wharf to visit the rocky shoreline yet again. We arrived in Annapolis Royale at the Bread and Roses Bed and Breakfast, from which we began this entire odyssey a little over nine days ago, in the middle of the afternoon.
From here we'll drive the short distance to Digby tomorrow morning to catch the ferry back to Saint John, then on to Ken (Heidi's brother) and Janet Martin's home in Addison, Maine, for a couple of days' visit. The odyssey continues ...
Our final full day here in Nova Scotia found us early on packing up and leaving our lodgings in Wolfville, stopping on the outskirts of town to pick up some of the apples for which the region is well known. A short drive took us to a "look off" giving us a grand view of the entire Minas Bay area and, a bit further along at Scott's Bay, a glimpse of Cape Split (a point of rocky shoreline still a five hour hike away).
We drove back roads through apple orchards to Kentville where we stopped to do a couple of hours genealogical research at the Kentville County Courthouse Museum Archives. The Bent family who lived in the area was the focus of our inquiries. We ascertained specificaly lthat both the Bents and the Crosbys were Planters, arriving from Cape Cod to take up residence in the area in 1760. That qualifies Heidi twice over, allowing her (and her descendants) to become member(s) of the Descendants of the Planters, akin the the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Following a quick lunch, we continued on down the coast, driving through Aylesford (where Heidi's grandmother was born) and, later, heading over to Howard's Wharf to visit the rocky shoreline yet again. We arrived in Annapolis Royale at the Bread and Roses Bed and Breakfast, from which we began this entire odyssey a little over nine days ago, in the middle of the afternoon.
From here we'll drive the short distance to Digby tomorrow morning to catch the ferry back to Saint John, then on to Ken (Heidi's brother) and Janet Martin's home in Addison, Maine, for a couple of days' visit. The odyssey continues ...
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