Today we all got in the car to ride down to the port of Belldune where we received a personal tour of the Belldune Harbour from the CEO of the Belldune Port authority Rayburn Doucette. If you look at the map this port is the closest deep water port from the Canadian mainland to Europe and they have taken full advantage of that. There are a number of raw and processed materials that go through the port for destinations in Europe and even the arctic. There were two ships in port hen we arrived, one with wind turbine blades which are enormous and another ship about twice the size being loaded with wood ships to power factories in Europe. There is also a coal power station here and a smelter that will be closing this year.

After the tour we went to Rayburn’s antique warehouse where you saw just about everything you could think of from old coins and dollar bills to records to even the old toy cars a child could sit in. There were a lot of nice old wooden tables and even church pews. After that we went to Sally’s ice cream which is no longer run by Sally but good ice cream before heading home.

I also learned how the lobster trap works:

We chilled at the beach for quite a while, had another huge dinner and then watched a storm roll in as the small fish were jumping near the shoreline. And yes I swam in the Atlantic for a few hundred meters. A great rest day and I can’t thank the Anderson’s enough for taking me in and making me feel at home.