Canada Day weekend I decided to hop in the car and make a return trip to the Medford, Nova Scotia area, just a bit south of Blomidon. I was there in the spring and had a fantastic time. I was eager to see what a month of rain and a couple of weeks of sun had done to the countryside.
This was more of a car trip than a hike, using topographic maps to find all kinds of winding, dusty roads, that would never be found with a GPS. The kind of roads with 20 year old dead end or no trespassing signs, complete with the standard bullet holes. Roads that seem to end the the strangest places. Derelict barns, burned out houses, and in the case of the image above, access to an amazing piece of shore on the Minas Basin.
Unless you grew up there, were friends with someone who did, or like me, poked your nose where it didn’t belong, you would likely never know this place existed. Those things sticking up from the sand are all that is left of a long forgotten wharf. It’s not hard to imagine the havoc the tides and currents of the Minas Basin would inflict on these simple wooden structures once they become untended. I opted to render the image in B&W instead of color (see below). Both are good images (IMHO) but the B&W helps better focus on the intended subject. The Stumps.
This area is fast becoming a favorite of mine. Incredible diversity of landscape in such a small space and always something new to find.
