Walk With Me in Nova Scotia: Canada's Ocean Playground

[lyndsaybowes]

Literally, It's On Our Licence Plates!

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And the Plates Don't Lie...

Despite its northern location, Nova Scotia is known for having some of the warmest waters north of the Carolinas. And with 7500 km of coastline, there are a lot of beaches.

In Nova Scotia, it's impossible to be more than 67 km (42 mi) from the ocean.

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It's Canada's Best Kept Secret

And Lord knows I've tried to blow it! I tell everyone about this magical place, I've tried to get alllllllll of my (2) friends to move here. I've been blessed to call Nova Scotia home for the last 4 years.

Our province doesn't even have a million people living in it, with an area of 55,284 square kilometres (21,300 sq mi). It's high tourist season right now and the highways are still mostly vacant.

I feel at peace everywhere we drive, never that tightening in my chest/jaw clenching/holyshithandle holding I felt while living in the city. And suburbs...what are those? Sure there are a few around Halifax but for the most part it's all trees, rocks and water with a few houses in between. Inexpensive houses...and land. Whyyyyyyy whyyyyyyyyyyyy won't you move here friends?

The Photos I've Shared So Far, Were From Our Beach Day Today

And more on that later. For now I will show you a few photos of our daily walk down to the water in our backyard.

We live in a deep cove of St. Margaret's Bay, part of the North Atlantic ocean. As soon as the tide gets high enough the boys and I run down to enjoy this beautiful summer to the fullest.

They swim almost every day, I usually just sit on the rocks with my feet in the water, reading my book, and watching them have fun. Every time I hear their delighted shrieks from finding some new life form, or when they hit a cold patch of water, I smile. This is what childhood is all about...

Early in the day it's always nice and shaded down there, makes it a lot cooler for me sitting on the rocks, yet the boys are a bit more tentative about getting in.

Even Edgar thinks it's not such a good idea to swim so early in the morning...

Stop worrying about what we're doing Edgar, don't you have babies to feed anyways?

They're not really babies anymore are they guys?

Our Beach Experience Today

We went with our friend Carol, and it was #justperfect to hit this particular beach at low tide. The boys had the whole place to themselves, to yell and play and discover.

#walkwithme ...

To the Sea

We'll get there eventually :)

The Day's Finds

Jellyfish

Plenty of Shells

Some itsy bitsy crabs...

The boys know to pick them up from behind.

Carol Discovered Something Bigger

The boys went running over as fast as they could to see...

Kiedis and Stryder didn't want to try picking up these guys!

Final Scenes

The water is so shallow at this beach, perfect for children.

They went out deep for a bit with their lifejackets on, and loved floating with the little waves. At that point I put the camera down and went out there to join them. No swimming for me but I did go in to my knees, and I dunked my head in, does that count?

I hope you enjoyed this #walkwithme, beautiful STEEM Fam! I hope to see you one day, in Canada's best kept secret, until then...Keep On Steemin.

Comments

[daveks]

BACK in the "Spotlight"!

[lyndsaybowes]

Wow, you honour me, thanks so much @daveks!! <3 ~ <3 ~ <3

[marionbowes]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...now remember, this is supposed to be Canada's best kept secret. Which so far they have been doing a great job, since we have less than a million peeps. Everyday I look at the blessing that we discovered and I think....wow. How friggin awesome is this and how smart are we really that we actually pulled this one off. You see now I have nothing left to talk about except paint that house black and get that boat. xx Great pics as always and I must come to that beach too. xx

[lyndsaybowes]

That beach is awesome, though I would ask you to bring your little tent thing, there is NO shade there, it's crazy! This time after 3 hours I started packing up because I was wiser after our first time there when we all got burned. It's so deceptive with the ocean breeze and the water, we don't realize how much sun we're actually getting. No burns from yesterday, and no sun stroke either, but would be nice to enjoy a whole day there without worrying about that. We had the whole beach to ourselves, only one other couple there!

Boat and Black paint, let's go!

[marionbowes]

yes and we have the umbrella as well. you know the little purply thing. I also want to get one that has the screw for the ground. Yes boat and black paint. Just waiting for the ship..:)))

[yogajill]

Hi! Congrats on being 'back in the spotlight!' I thoroughly enjoyed all the pics of Canada's ocean playground! But, have to wonder...how warm is the water really?! Haha These are beautiful images. The kittens are SO big now!! 🦀🐚🐌🐜🐱

[lyndsaybowes]

Awww, your emojis make me smile always Jill <3

The water is beautiful, especially in the 30+ (with humidity) we have had for the last while :) A little cool getting in, but definitely no colder than the lakes I grew up swimming in, in Northern BC!

Thanks for the good vibes Angel Sis <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[yogajill]

Lucky nice awesomesauce! My son just suggested we take a trip to the east coast so who knows what's in the works!! Life is so good ❤ i just spent last night up in Leduc with my daughter. It was the first night we'd spent together since i moved out last SEPTEMBER! I am floating on cloud 9. Lotsa love girl. Amazing blog. You're an A+ Steemian imo 🌸🌷❤🌷🌸

[lyndsaybowes]

Wow congrats on the time spend with your daughter after so long! I'm so proud of you for sticking it out here Jill through all the ups and downs, you are Needed and I smile every time I see one of your posts.

You know you're welcome to crash here, haha!! WOOT WOOT!! What a trip that would be!!

[yogajill]

It was so nice ❤ 15 is such a tough age for girls. Remember 🙈🙊 I never woulda stuck it out without ya girl! I genuinely enjoy the community. It's really fun to hang out here 🌸🐌🌱

[delishtreats]

What a great day Lyndsay! The water there is so different to what we have in Mediterranean. At some photos (4 - 7) it even looks like a lake to me as the water is so calm, very nice :)

Boys had lots of fun! It's a pity that you don't do swimming but I'm the same. I prefer to read a book somewhere under a tree!

Oh, and I love that there is a forest just right at the ocean, so calming!

How does it look like there during the winter time?

[lyndsaybowes]

At some photos (4 - 7) it even looks like a lake to me as the water is so calm

The ocean in our backyard is deep in a cove, and the water is always calm, as it slowly rises and sinks. If we have big storms we finally can see some waves there, but it is extremely rare.

This is what it looks like at low tide (photo from 2014):

And in the winter: (video I took in 2015)

[neilur]

Oh lord! And I really love this place, such a wonderful beach that I ever seen, and the secret way to go there such an awesome journey to go to heaven place, how lucky you are live there with all of beautiful nature there😊

[lyndsaybowes]

I feel the same way every time you take us to your beaches @neilur!

[steemibu351]

Wow, very beautiful photo, I like your way of taking the picture, so that your photo looks very good, I really salute to people who have soul art, because the soul of art is not owned by everyone, and art has a very high price. Thanks for sharing, and wish you a wonderful day....

[lyndsaybowes]

I wish for you to have a wonderful day as well @steemibu351! Thank you so much for visiting us.

[yogajill]

It's so true. Lyndsay has a very beautiful way of expressing her art. I agree with you @steemibu351 she's very good at it. And, her artwork is valuable.

[averageoutsider]

Wonderful photo shoot, again Lyndsay...The boys look so happy, and those 'babies' are still cute. What are they now; 16 weeks old? I presently have 'five', 5 week old, sweet, lovable kittens I'll be finding homes for soon. I'll probably post some pics of them.

Best Regards.

[tony-marshall]

This post is not letting me miss it. I keep seeing it at the top of my feed from the group. Calling out to me. Now I've come to steemit like its magnetically telling me something. Know I can never ignore the universe it won't let me. Always follow your path. I've read and now I just want to come live in your garden. It's all I can think about. Being I live with the beach already, not such a selling point for me. But I never seen snow. If I come. Is it possible you can arrange for me to meet little kenny from the South Park movie? Only I f no one has killed him yet.

[simonpennon]

Lovely! I was just in Halifax and will certainly try to return as soon as I can!

[lyndsaybowes]

That's awesome @simonpennon, so you are a Canuck then?

[simonpennon]

I'm not - I'm from Philly, but I'm on a bit of an adventure (and finding a lot of places I need to visit again!).

[madushanka]

Hi Lyndsay, After long time I see impressive landscaping view of Nova Scotia's beach and ocean. Both of your kids have fun with swimming and catch little crab. Nice to meet Carol here. Outstanding little walking forest area.

[lyndsaybowes]

Thanks so much for visiting us again Mr. Madushanka! I'm always happy to show you the Nova Scotia landscapes... <3

[anishag]

@lyndsaybowes
Awesome mate.
Keep steeming

[lyndsaybowes]

Keep steeming

There is no other way for me <3 :)

[article61]

Such an abundance of nature at the seaside, just perfect for young children. Stunning pictures and maybe best keeping it a secret :)
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[lyndsaybowes]

Oooooh wow, thanks for the flashback @article61! I'm glad to see you're still STEEMin too :) Did you lose your password to your old account?

[article61]

You are welcome and yes I am afraid I did. Always good to look back at where it all began. Glad to see you still here :)

[davedickeyyall]

Ha... I love the tiny crabs... reminds me of this one time in Singapore 😂😂😂

[lyndsaybowes]

Bwa hahhahaa!! I was trying so hard to word it so that there could be no innuendos...boy was I mistaken!

#NiceOneDave

[cecicastor]

A Beautiful walk today Lyndsay. You had me almost wishing we could move there. I said, almost! I don't do winters! No more, no more! I enjoy the warmth all year! You don't swim Lyndsay?

[lyndsaybowes]

I can definitely feel you, and I see myself being a Snowbird for sure in the future, if not completely moving out of the country to somewhere warm allllll year round!

I used to be a total water rat, I don't know what's gotten into me these last couple years. I have only gone swimming once so far this season. Boo Me!

[cecicastor]

I have an excuse...I don't swim! 🤣🤣🤣😱

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[davedickeyyall]

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[lyndsaybowes]

Thank you kind Ser!

#niceonedave