Bay of Fundy and Acadia

Here we are on the last day of our vacation. I know this blog thing is published backward to the actual events of our vacation. If I was smart, I would have entered everything from the last day to the first,, anyhoo,, no comment. We enjoyed seeing many friends on our two days in Halifax. It was so neat to connect with them and share a few hours getting caught up, and seeing their lovely families. We were so blessed during our time living there to have so many wonderful friends.
On our last day we headed to the Anapolis Valley, to check out the low tides on the Bay of Fundy and the museum at Grand Pre. This again was quite a history lesson, that tied in with another "Our Canadian Girl" book, I just happened to bring along for reading to the kids. This one is about the resettlement of the lands by "planters" after the British explusion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia, around 1755. Another sad chapter of the treatment of a minority group, in the history of Nova Scotia.
It rained the whole time and Finn was in fine form, but nevertheless, we saw a neat film on the history of the Acadian explusion, and many other well done exhibits.
On our way home, we stopped at the Fort that the "planters" would have landed near and used, and which housed the Acadians who were trying to return to their homeland. The fort is mostly just a hill now with a look out and a few cannons, but we had a beautiful view of the Bay of Fundy which of course boasts the lowest tides in the world. Luke was particularly impressed and wanted to "walk" the ocean floor. We opted against this, but were glad the timing was right for him to see that!