Riding at night wasn't too bad since once all the ferry traffic had passed, I only saw a few cars. I used my camping headlight to light the road and easily made it to the campground. I decided to take a day off in Digby to relax and plan my further adventures. Digby is a neat little beach town. The Fundy tide is evident here, too, with a sea level change of around 30 feet.
Low tide.
High tide.
Digby is famous for its scallop fishing fleet so I had fresh sautéed scallops for dinner which were fantastic. The restaurant had some hefty lobster claws on display.
The morning after my relaxing day off, I woke to torrential rain pounding my tent. The campsite had some nice shelters so I took refuge there. Having access to wi-fi and the web, I was able to get the forecast with a radar picture that showed heavy rain for most of the day but good weather the following day so I stayed in Digby for another night.
This morning I rode the 25 miles to Annapolis Royal, site of Fort Anne, an old fortification dating back to the 1600s.
The French first occupied this area, built the fort, which they called Fort Royal, and French settlers established farms in the area and became the Acadians. This was during the many wars between the French and English so the fort changed hands a bunch of times. In the US, we call these the French and Indian wars. During one of the wars, the English drove away the Acadians and some of them ended up in New England and also down in New Orleans where they became the Cajuns.
There is a really nice tapestry that was made about ten years ago, depicting various historical events in the life of the fort. This section is from the early French times.
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