I took a great loop ride into Lockeport on an unloaded bike today on my day “off.” Took lots of really nice photos of the interesting things I saw.
Some are even in color! I just couldn’t pass this up, though. I’m going to grill a piece of meat I bought at the store today and heat some beans, but I’ll be back later with scenery as opposed to art. Sigh…
What a beautiful spot for Saturday breakfast!
Behind me appears to be- and smells like, but that’s not a bad thing- a still operating fish cannery. I hope so, because I’ve been through one community after another here where the working boats are all gone, replaced by quarter-million dollar sailboats and such. Still pretty, but you know those boats aren’t owned by many local folks.
Times do change; I get that. I don’t necessarily like it, but that’s the way it is. I’ll have been privileged to to have visited Nova Scotia twice in my life. Once 40 years ago, and again right now. Few places I’ve been leave memories as deep and lasting.
I love it here, change and all.
As I gain experience using the gear I have brought with me, I am figuring out the things I will be sending home at the first opportunity- in other words when I’m back in the ‘States. These two items will go for sure.
The bottom item is a solar panel. All I can say is, “What was I thinking?” A cool item to have, but not all that useful given that I have two high capacity batteries I have figured out how to charge most every night. At between 1-2 pounds/~.5-1 kg, it’s not the biggest deal, but it does take up space in a pannier.
The top item is a nifty little tripod. It would be nice to use along the way, but I am not going to unpack a pannier each time to get at it. Once I get to where I’m headed in the evening, playing at being Ansel Adams is the last thing on my mind. So you get handheld, I’m afraid. A great item to throw in the car on a trip, though. I’ll save 2-3 pounds/~1-1.5 kg and significant space in a pannier.
I’ll know next time.
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