We continued on our travel around the Glooscap Trail with no planned overnight rest stop. I guess you could say we were winging it.
We were within a couple of hours of our final destination of Momma Bear’s but with the weather being very summer-like, we weren’t ready to end this little RV experience. We decided to check out iOverlander and found Partridge Island Beach just outside of Parrsboro, NS. Further Googling about Parrsboro found that it also had a brewery and a bakery! Enough said; off we went!
We first checked out the beach and found it a little busy with a number of locals walking the beach so back to Two Islands Brewery for a flight of beers and some brownies from their sister company, Rising Tide Bakery. These establishments only opened in September, 2018 so they are very limited in their selection of beers and baked goods but they were still a nice way to end the day.
Back to the beach we headed; to walk the beach with Max and settle in for the night. We sat and watched the sun go down and chatted with a few locals who indicated staying overnight was no issue but there was at least one bear in the area so not to leave any food outside.
It was a pretty quiet night with an early rise to another gorgeous view from our kitchen window. We arrived at Momma Bear’s by mid-day and Max was very happy to spend the day on a non-vibrating floor!
Steve’s Sidenote : For those that aren’t familiar with iOverlander, it’s a “tool, by and for overlanders, which enables its users to submit, amend and find information and opinions, primarily about places that are essential for the act of overlanding, and secondarily non-essential places that are of interest to a significant group of overlanders“.
Now you may ask, what is overlanding? Well, Overlanding Journal describes it as “self-reliant adventure travel to remote destinations where the journey is the primary goal. … While expedition is defined as a journey with a purpose, overlanding sees the journey as the purpose“.
Essentially, iOverlander is a source of information for travelers allowing one to browse or search for camping areas (both paid & free), tourist attractions, fuel, food, and many other services. We use it and a few other tools to make life on the road a lot simpler.