Yup, you read that right – Pugwash.  This place does exist in Nova Scotia, and it is where a friend of mine grew up.  She lived there one summer, so I took a trip out to see her.

It was nice all weekend.  We talked about going swimming, since she was near the water, but it wasn’t quite warm enough in the waters.

We went horseback riding (her parents have horses).  The horse I was on led me into a tree during the first 10 minutes, but we managed to strike a deal for the rest of the excursion – he didn’t lead me into tree branches and I tried not to lead him.  Considering that I hadn’t been on a horse for many, many moons this was not the worst thing that could have happened.

We also went to the Bay of Fundy to look at the fossils.  More specifically we went to the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, which is close to Pugwash and doesn’t require driving through the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick border.

I found a piece of sea-glass amid the rocks.

We had a bonfire and made smores in the evening; drank tea and ate breakfast on the front porch in the morning.  Visiting a small town with very few neighbours can be refreshing when you spend a lot of time in a city.

We went for drives, taking pictures of the countryside:

Found a cave on the side of the road:

And then parked the car so that we could climb down and take more pictures of the cave.

There wasn’t too much to do in Pugwash, but (like most places) it’s more about who you’re visiting instead of where you’re visiting.