While Sue had a hair appointment Tuesday morning Jeff leisurely checked out of Arm of Gold, refueled the m/h ($5.10US/gal) and drove down to Scoby's in N Sydney to wait for Sue. We had lunch and got on the road towards Halifax about 1:20PM with no specific destination in mind for the day.
When we visited The Gaelic College in St Ann's Monday several comments were made of Pictou, NS, the first landing of Scots in Nova Scotia. While looking for a campground on the water to spend the night Sue found the Harbour Light Campground, a Passport America Park on Pictou Harbor that fit the bill.
We spent a relaxing evening and Jeff headed for the Hector Quay, a museum and full sized replica of the good ship Hector, the "Scottish Mayflower", that brought the first load of Scottish emigrees to Nova Scotia (New Scotland) in July of 1773. 
The sailing was to be the first of many boatloads of those fleeing the economic troubles Scotland suffered in the mid 18th century after the defeat at Culloden in 1745.
We have learned more about the history of the Scottish clans and their history here in Nova Scotia than either of us had ever heard, and all because a chance stop at the Gaelic College and the campground here in Pictou Harbor.
We spent a relaxing evening and Jeff headed for the Hector Quay, a museum and full sized replica of the good ship Hector, the "Scottish Mayflower", that brought the first load of Scottish emigrees to Nova Scotia (New Scotland) in July of 1773. 
The sailing was to be the first of many boatloads of those fleeing the economic troubles Scotland suffered in the mid 18th century after the defeat at Culloden in 1745.
We had dinner at the Quay and spent an hour or so walking the trail along the water before returning to the campground.
