A sparkling sea

Yesterday’s sail was dreamy – beautiful sunny warm weather, glassy ocean, still a sea swell but it felt more like a gentle roller coaster ride than the beating we took the day before. On the way we saw just a few seals, another shark, a deer with two fawn on the shoreline just as we entered Liscombe River.

The water was sparkling – the sun hitting the ocean looked like the shiniest of diamonds floating atop it. The winds were light and we were able to sail without motor for 4 hours. The ocean and sky both vibrant shades of blue – so much prettier than the ugly shades of grey just the day before.

3 days on a boat – we were happy to hit Liscombe Lodge right on target. Everyone had their sea legs – so those first few steps on the hard, hard land were, well hard! In fact, 15 hours later, eating a hearty breakfast at the Lodge, we can still feel the room floating beneath us 😊.

The Lodge is lovely, rustic, great service. After a wonderful supper of seafood chowder, scallops, planked salmon, BBQ ribs, we settled into the common room where a huge hearth sat stoked with birch awaiting our arrival with the promise of a huge crackling fire that the Cap’n and all his crew share a love of.

One of the things we look forward to in our travels is meeting the locals or crossing paths with other travellers. We were not disappointed. Joining us at the fire was a couple from St. Louis, Missouri – Frank and Rhonda. They had just arrived to Nova Scotia via Newfoundland! Their first time to both.  What better company for them to happen upon than a couple from NF and a couple from NS? Frank entertained us with some excellent piano playing and singing – we traded many stories and laughed a whole lot!

Chatting with another couple at breakfast, we realized once again what a small world this is sometimes. They live in Tatamagouche where the Cap’n and crew had visited just a year ago for the annual Jost Winery grape stomping contest. But they lived for a while in Gander and from there had visited by land many of the places we would be sailing to in NF. And his father had been a sail maker so there was much to talk about.

Gonna be a long lazy day at the Lodge today – weather warnings say DON’T GO…… So more later on the Lodge itself and some pics of the crew.