TRURO Route from Middleton

It rained all night but We left our camp at Middleton, NS about 10:30 AM & drove from the campground in Middleton to Truro where on can see an unusual occurrence called a Tidal Bore.

 We've found that the weather often clears or at least gets a bit better around noon & it didn't disappoint us today.

The drive was beautiful (only a little rain en route) & we stopped as frequently as possible to take in the many views. 

That's often not so easy when we are towing, which we were. 

We even got into another dead end (not signed)  where we needed to attempt another of our famous U-turns. 

When the tide was out the long, long shore mud has a strange look.... asin the two lower right photos in the collage above. 

We were afraid to walk out into it for fear we'd sink more than would be fun. 
Guess that's what happens when one gets over a certain age !

OOPS A U-Turn wasn't possible but luckily there was a private driveway that enabled us to do the back-forth-dance-maneuver that got us out of there. 

That "dance" , while NOT fun, was worth it. We had no choice if we wanted to see this view.

The tide was out ……WAAAAY out…..seemed like miles & which left the red, mucky sand, some white sand & the rocks exposed; almost as some "innards" we were not intended to see.

At S. Maitland we went into the Tidal Bore Interpretive Center & only $2.50 each to see their center full of information.  We got there about 1hr before the tide was supposed to come in.
They had wi fi while we waited so I was able to double check our route for when we leave there.

When the time came we left the shelter of the  Interpretive Center & walked about 200 yards out to a Tidal Bore viewing area in a light rain; continuing to wait for the Bore. The timing schedule of the tides is pretty accurate.

  HEY, I knew what "tidal" meant but had no idea what "bore" meant other than certain people I try to avoid.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_bore  

A tidal bore happens when an outward flowing river meets the incoming tide & causes the river to flow backwards until the tide is finished coming in. 
This usually forms a backward moving wave.

I just thought it meant a place where you could watch the tide come in. 

As it turned out this time that's about all it was. 

It was almost a non-event BUT we were told that at the Salmon River just this side of Truro it's a much more reliable happening. 

We were going in that direction so we'd have a 2nd chance an hour or so later according to the tidal schedule. YAY!  After all; We were in Nova Scotia & didn't wish to miss this unusual phenomena so we would try again.

We did go the Salmon River spot  & it was much better. The white wave that was  created might have been as much as a foot high….still not a biggie but at least we got to see it. And NOW I know what "Tidal Bore" means.
This one was MORE LIKE IT ! 

 We Boondocked in Truro @ Canadian Tire parking lot, after seeing that the Walmart in Truro had a sign "No Overnight Parking" sign so we didn't.

We also tried at the "Atlantic SuperStore" where we didn't see a sign saying anything about overnight parking so I asked a woman manager & she said, "Our policy is, No."

I shouldn't have asked, eh?

It had been a long day. It now was dark & we were tired so we were lucky to see the big Canadian Tire parking lot with a few big rigs parking overnight too.

It rained cats-and-dogs all  night. 
Lightening, thunder...the whole kit-n-kaboodle ! It was so windy that the parking lot looked like a lake with agitated surface waters. (actually making tiny waves)

Next  morning we continued on to Amherst stopping at this ROCKY SHORE ...no more mud.

Next blog will be Amherst, NS & day trips from there.