Maritimes Road Trip - Day 10

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Day 10: We left camp at about 9 AM headed for Truro, NS to see the tidal bore. We got there about 10:45 anticipating the bore at 11:05. Well, the tidal bore appeared just before 11 AM. While it was really small, about 4-6 inches high, it was very interesting to watch the fiver flowing out and all of a sudden it had changed directions and was flowing in, BIG TIME !! We watched from an old bridge abutment. There was an iron tank in the river where we were watching which stuck out of the water at least 2 ft and it only took about 10 minutes for the tide to come up enough to completely cover that tank. Water was really muddy. After the tidal bore was done, we drove into downtown Truro and went to a Farmers Market. Gena bought some fresh carrots and Charlie bought fresh onions. Bob bought a thin slice of smoked Gouda cheese produced by a local cheese factory. Then on to Murphy’s Fish & Chips for lunch. Truro had an infection of Dutch Elm disease in 1982 that killed all the really big elm trees. Rather than just cutting them down, they had artists came carve them up into statues. Got pictures of a few. On the way back to the CG we stopped by the pier again to see if the tide was in enough to float the Lobster boats. There was water under them, but not enough yet to float them. Shortly after we made it back to the CG, it poured. Just after 6 PM we sat down to crock pot lasagna that Charlie had put together and let cook all day. It was excellent !

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Photos

Iron Pipe in the river
before the arrival of the tidal bore and water flowing out.

Tidal Bore
Covering a sand bar

Iron Pipe
10 minutes after the tidal bore passed by, the pipe is almost gone.

Mural
Mural on the end of a building in Truro, NS

Elm Carving
A Mountie in front of the RCMP station in Truro, NS

Elm Carving
Bear

Elm Carving
Looks like Paul Bunyan but is a NS Lumber jack circa 1900

Elm Carving
Alexander Forrester - First principle of the Provincial Normal School

Elm Carving
Robert Stanfield - a local politician - 1914-2003

Elm Carving
Friends of the forest

Elm Carving
Hiran Hyde - Local entrepreneur - established the first stage coach line in NS. Bob & Gena in the coach.

Elm Carving
Girl Guides (known as Girl Scouts in the US)

Elm Carving
Vera Clyke, Church Organist

Still hard aground
Tide coming in, but not high enough yet to float the boat