Yesterday, we moved from the Truro area down to the Acadian Shore near Yarmouth. Saturday, August 13, 2018, was our first full day here, and we decided to stay around camp and enjoy the great summer weather. We are staying at the Camper's Haven Campground on Lake Trefry. In addition to lake access, the multi-use Yarmouth County Rail Trail runs right through the campground. They also have mini-golf and a nine hole chip and putt golf course. We'll certainly be busy this week.
We started our day by dusting off the old golf clubs. Neither of us was sure when our clubs last saw the light of day. If you look carefully, you can see Buster and Dusty over Kathy's shoulder.
The course had a really interesting layout. It took us a few minutes to figure it out. The tee boxes for holes 1, 2 and 3, were right next to each other. After you hit to 1, you had to walk back and then hit 2 and so on. It was a great use of limited space and gave us plenty of exercise for such a short course. Dave takes his best shot!
It's a good thing we had the course to ourselves! You will be happy to know that not only did David retrieve his errant ball, but Kathy discovered that the bushes he hit into were full of plump ripe wild blueberries!
The course conditions were really, really rough. The putting greens were more like putting jungles. However, we took this in stride. After all, when we play golf, we usually find ourselves in the rough, so this gave us great practice.
In order to make our game competitive, we usually have a little side bet going. The winner would have the night off from cooking and doing dishes. And the winner is.... Dave! Well, only by one shot, and he wouldn't necessarily post his score up next to our son Matt's.
After lunch, we took the kayaks down to the lake shore. Trefry Lake is a glacially carved, spring fed lake. It is stocked every spring with brook trout. The beach has its own homemade sliding board.
Many of the campers here are seasonal and only come on the weekends. It's great to have the whole lake to ourselves.
We did find one vacationing family tucked into a cove having a late lunch.
Remember those blueberries we found earlier? Well, they are all over the lake shore. Kathy just could not resist jumping out and grabbing some more!
Once upon a time, a beaver family lived here. The lodge was located in a deep cove. However, it has been several seasons since any maintenance work was done. Most of the mud roof has washed away, leaving the branches behind.
Just around the corner, we came across mother duck keeping a watchful eye on her two not so little ducklings.
We came across a few lakefront compounds. However, Trefry Lake is not nearly as developed as Shortts Lake, which we paddled last week, back near Truro. There were several coves and portions of Trefry Lake that are still undisturbed.
A great blue heron took flight as we turned into a small cove. We kept an eye out for it, but never saw it again. It is much easier to take photos of rocks because they never move!
Just as we were about to give up our bird watching, up popped a loon! We love loons. There is nothing quite so magical as the call of a loon.
As we brought our kayaks out of the water, we thought we were done with wildlife photos, until this little guy hopped across our path.
Tomorrow we will head out about for a day of exploration and adventure. Stay tuned to see what we discover in Nova Scotia's Acadian Shores.
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