The Lobster Supper

11 June 2015

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Today’s forecast looked pretty great, so we headed south to a little coastal fishing village called Lunenburg about an hour or so from Halifax.  The village itself is pretty adorbs… brightly colored older buildings (of several styles) lining the main streets of town.  The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic (which happens to be the cover photo of the Fodor’s Travel book on Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada) was our first stop (well, after Sissy pet Ernie, the half-moustached horse that drags tourists in buggies around the hills of town all day).  The museum was in-out access, so we did the first floor (to include the touch tank) and then walked out on the wharf.  Included in our fisheries museum tickets was entry onto several of the sailboats docked at the harbor.  The first that we went out onto was a schooner used for fishing.  All the while, mom was snapping pics like crazy of the girls playing in dories and little toy boats along the docks, in addition to on the boats themselves.

Girls were getting hangry, so we grabbed lunch at The Fish Shack, pretty much exactly how it sounds, and overlooking the harbor.  It was warm enough to eat outside, but the wind had really picked up while we were at the restaurant.  It was tasty – the girls had fish & chips again, (super yummy here), I had the local Digby clam roll (wifh a fresh taste to it added by some of the toppings - yum), and Matt ordered the cod tongues and cheeks… exactly what they sound like.  Weird.

After lunch we returned to the museum to finish the top two floors (and kids’ area complete with a magnetized chalkboard holding the nautical alphabet that we were able to make words with) and then checked out a side-trolling sailboat at the end of the wharf.  With a sleepy Eloise, it was time to decide whether we wanted to hop in the car and go to a grocery store to restock, or walk around town for the duration of her nap.  We chose town.  Still taking tons of photos, we saw a 19^th century Anglican church that made a stark, impressive imprint on the surrounding scenery.  We stopped in a few consignment shops looking for local treasures, and found a playground where the girls got some energy out once Eloise was awake. 

It was getting late in the day, so we grabbed milk for the girl people on the way out of town and decided to try the Lobster Supper restaurant at the gate of our campground for dinner, with a plan to make a bigger supermarket trip in the morning.  At the restaurant, we met four “ladies night out” girlfriends who were staying at a cabin nearby, and only lived about 45 minutes away.  They said it was the best lobster supper around.  Again, the off-season lack of crowds allowed the girls to run amok in the restaurant and all over the stage.  The lobster was delicious, and the meal included all-you-could-eat local mussels, salad bar, and a dessert.  (Even the girls’ mac ‘n cheese included those things).   

Since we apparently disregard bedtimes in this family, especially on vacation, we took an after-dinner stroll down to the beach past our campsite.  Again, mom was photo-crazy, as Sissy got covered in sand, and Eloise tried to avoid it at all costs.  It was a beautiful evening, until the bugs came out, sending us back to the Casita for the evening.

Baby Gear Used Today:

Lunenburg: 

Ergo Sport & City Mini GT Double – I used the Ergo in the museum, though we also brought the stroller in with us too.  For around town, the stroller was clutch… lots of hills and we covered quite a bit of ground.