{"id":338,"date":"2023-10-01T14:14:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T13:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildhorse.fun\/?p=338"},"modified":"2024-06-10T14:34:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:34:53","slug":"friends-aboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildhorse.fun\/?p=338","title":{"rendered":"Friends aboard!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a smooth and easy bus trip back to the boat in Dartmouth, where we stowed the bikes and got WildHorse ready to sail again. \u00a0Next morning, we left there and went around Halifax up to the Northwest Arm, and tied up again at the Armdale Yacht Club, which was more centrally located and easier access for our friends Mark & Elaine Baier to meet us after flying to Halifax from Truckee. \u00a0It was also a lot easier to provision etc on the bikes from there. \u00a0Provisioning is, of course, grocery shopping, but then everything related to a boat has to have a special name! Weirdly enough, while we were there, a film crew came and they closed the main area to film a Hallmark Christmas movie. \u00a0Strange to see Christmas trees and decorations in August…<\/p>\n

Mark & Elaine had no problems getting to the boat from the airport, and we got them all moved aboard. \u00a0Next morning, we left and had a good sail out of Halifax Harbour around to Rogue\u2019s Roost, which is a little extremely protected area between islands. \u00a0In what seems to be a theme in Nova Scotia, it used to be a place where English privateers (legal pirates) used to hide after attacking American ships during the Revolutionary War, then agian, where rum runners would hide out to load up to smuggle to the US during Prohibition.<\/p>\n

On the way down, we kept passing and being passed by a boat from Halifax, headed to the same place. \u00a0They were locals and when it became clear that we were going to Rogue\u2019s Roost, they called us on the radio and offered to guide us in. \u00a0It is a very narrow, rocky, and shallow entrance and can be tricky the first time you try it. \u00a0We probably would have made it on our own, but it was nice to have them show us the way. \u00a0They also kept warning us that it might be crowded, since it was a nice day, but when we got there there were 3 boats, including us.<\/p>\n

Inside, it was completely still and as quiet as a mill pond, \u00a0It\u2019s a provincial protected area, so no buildings or signs of civilization were anywhere to be seen.<\/p>\n

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\"IMGCocktail time\u00a0<\/em>with Mark & Elaine<\/i><\/p>\n

This is no doubt old news to you Canadians, but came somewhat as a surprise to me as an American. There were lots of people who left the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War and came to Nova Scotia. \u00a0In school in the US, we only hear about the brave patriots who fought and gained independance from England. \u00a0Of course, there were many others who didn\u2019t agree and wanted to stay part of the British Empire. \u00a0They are celebrated in Nova Scotia as the Loyalists, and were given land when they came up there as refugees after the revolution. \u00a0There are lots of monuments to them everywhere. \u00a0There are always at least two sides to every story, and this is definitely one we aren\u2019t taught about in the US!<\/p>\n

We spent two nights at Rogue\u2019s Roost. Next day we took the dinghy and went all around the area, looking for some hiking trials that were supposedly there. \u00a0We never actualy found the trail but did some bushwhacking on one of the larger islands. It really felt like Alaska or somewhere far north, walking on spongy muskeg. \u00a0We went across the channel to a little beach and swam in nippy water. \u00a0That afternoon, we went a couple of miles across the larger channel to Prospect, which is yet another quaint fishing village, where there was<\/span> a coastal trail. \u00a0We did a nice afternoon hike there and went back across to the boat in fairly choppy waves and wind. \u00a0Exciting dinghy ride! However, once we turned the corner into Rogue\u2019s, no wind and still water again. Surprisingly not only here but in all of Nova Scotia, we had almost no mosquitos or black flies the whole summer.<\/p>\n

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Ashore on a wild island<\/em><\/p>\n

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Prospect, Nova Scotia<\/em><\/p>\n

From Rogue\u2019s Roost we had a light-wind sail back to Lunenburg. \u00a0We enjoyed it so much the first time we were there that we wanted to share it with our friends. \u00a0We spent 2 nights there again, and enjoyed ourselves. \u00a0One highlight of this trip to Lunenburg was going to the local distillery, Ironworks<\/a>. \u00a0We tasted pretty much everything they make, including multilpe rums, whiskeys, gins and cordials. \u00a0Even though each taste was maybe 1tsp, we probably had 10, so were a little giddy by the time we left! \u00a0They have a wood-fired still which was running, making rum while we were there. One of their signature products is Rum Boat Rum, which is aged in barrels on a boat (well, a little barge really) in the harbor which they claim gives it a special flavor. \u00a0Our mooring was right next to the barge this time, and we seriously considered a midnight pirate run, but then couldn\u2019t really figure out where to stow a barrel of rum on WildHorse, so the rum was safe for the time being. \u00a0The best one was one they called Bluenose, after the schooner. \u00a0Even Lucie, not usually much of a rum drinker, loved it!<\/p>\n

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Aargh, matey!<\/em><\/p>\n

Next stop was Mosher\u2019s Island, one of the La Have Islands. \u00a0It was a lovely and quiet sheltered anchorage. \u00a0There are only a few people on the island, and one of them graciously let us use her dock to go ashore and do a small hike the next day.<\/p>\n

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Mosher\u2019s Island Sunset<\/em><\/p>\n

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Friendly locals<\/em><\/p>\n

This post is getting a bit long, so we\u2019ll continue in the next one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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