July 13, 2009. Western Head, N.S. Fish and Chips.

The fish is always fresh, right off the boats every day, and the batter is light, so once every visit, we eat fish and chips in Liverpool. Tonight was the night, as we are having dinner guests tomorrow night, and Thursday we leave for home.. Gill joined us, and we drove to Port Mouton to dine at the Seascape restaurant on Highway 103. It is a little house right on the highway, across the road from the shore , in the same location for the three generations of the same family to run a little restaurant. They are open all year. Half the house is a store with an official NS LC liquor store, which leaves about seven tables for diners. We almost always eat our fish and chips there, but you must arrive early to get a seat.

Tonight we got lucky. Gill and Ken ate scallops, but I stayed with the traditional fish and chips, which I don't really like all that much. Perhaps that was the fish and chips for the whole summer. We drove home along the shore and noticed the Quarterdeck was packed with people, which is a good sign for the tourist industry here in Nova Scotia. Then at Gill's home, while we watched the sea and ate our ice cream desert, a big blue hereon flew right along the shore. A pair of herons live at Victoria Lake, so we see them often. Such large beautiful birds. Now, yet another tradition with life in Nova Scotia.