August 10, 2014. Caledonia, N.S. Annapolis Valley.

Today we drove to Wolfville for lunch. Ridiculous but true. We actually rode the two hours in the car of Walt and Mary, our friends from Liverpool. The topography is totally different to the South Shore where we live and we enjoyed seeing that part of the province once again. Our route was on the big highways to Wolfville, then meander back to Annapolis Royal on the old road, Highway 1. Wolfville is at the end of the Annapolis Valley and is the home of Acadia University. The town is busy and very pretty, overlooking the Minas Basin. It is a University town so has many restaurants. We ate at a lovely restaurant that used to be The Acton Grill, which has a new owner but still is a good restaurant. The valley is wide and fertile. Farms and orchards can be seen in all directions. We stopped at three different produce stands. We must have seen thirty. We four have enough fruit and vegetables to last a month. The homes along highway one are beautiful. Ken commented that there must be more well maintained Victorian homes in Nova Scotia than any place in the world. We saw hundreds today. It was a lovely time with our friends today. Our day was not dramatic or fancy but it was thoroughly delightful, topped off by a dish of ice cream at the Avery Produce stand, provided by Mary. We are fortunate to have such friends.