I did get up to go to the bathroom at about 3:00am, an hour after high tide, and I looked out the window to see the water about 8 meters (30') away, so no problem!
But by the time we got up, it was back to low tide again, so we left Igor there and went for a morning walk along the shoreline.
Beautiful blue sky!
Looking down at Burntcoat Head. That is our next stop!
Four hours later, Ruth would be under water in this spot!
You can walk for miles here when the tide is out.
Cool!
Looking the other way.
Zoomed in on where Igor had been parked.
We got packed up, and Igor easily made his way back up the rough dirt road. We headed just a few miles down the road to Burntcoat Head Park.
100 years ago, this island was still part of the mainland and there was a lighthouse on it.
Burntcoat Head Island.
The highest tide in the world was measured at Burntcoat Head.
Again, in a few hours, Ruth would be under water if she stood here.
Looking back towards where we had spent the night.
We then headed into the town of Truro (pop 13,000) and went to use the free internet in the library. We do have an eSIM in our phone for cellular data, but it's very expensive here in Canada so we try and get online for free when we can.
The public library is in a beautiful old building.
I use a fair amount of data when searching for a good overnight spot. Sure, we sometimes use sites that are listed online, but of course the problem with that is that other people are also looking and you can get there and find the spot already taken, and other people show up after you have. So I like to find spots that where it's unlikely that someone else knows about the same spot.
So I use google streetview to check things out ahead of time. I look for cemeteries, small airports, maybe county parks that might be day use, but have a parking area.
Something like this!
GPS 45.64296, -63.194847
This is listed on Google Maps as Balmoral Mill Provincial Park.
However, it hasn't been a provincial park for many years, and now it's managed by the folks at Balmoral Mill. But it's kind of in the middle of nowhere, and it's not beside any water. Other boondockers like to stick to the coast, whereas we love places like this too!
Yep, Igor is quite happy here.
The mill is closed for the season, so there was nobody around. And the nearest house was maybe 1.5 kms away. Perfect spot.
We did walk down to the old mill.
Pretty area.
They've done a ton of work renovating it.
We took the stairs down to the stream.
Interesting stairs, with the risers made from two long logs.
Must have taken forever to cut out the notches!
Looking back at the mill.
By late evening, maybe only three vehicles went by the whole time. Perfectly peaceful night, and we got up this morning at 6:30am and hit the road... but only 5 kms away to a waterfall. But that's a story for tomorrow!
Yesterday's drive, 117 kms (73 miles).
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And in Canada...
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