We started out in Charlottetown again to see a few more things before leaving. We then headed across the Northumberland Strait to the quaint Nova Scotia town of Pictou, with the town marina right in the town’s center. Seas were calm and the day was pleasantly warm.

In Charlottetown Cari went into a fun store called Moonsnail Soapworks and met Angela Russell, shown here. She was making wonderful combinations of soap.

These soaps are hand crafted from olive, coconut and palm oils and scented with pure essential oils. They are then put on these shelves to dry for at least 2 months so they will last longer when being used.

We had met this amphibious tourist vehicle 2 days ago on the water in the harbor. Now we saw it up close.

As we left the Charlottetown harbor Cari saw this man fixing something on his mast. Her comment was simply, “no thank you!”
We then headed out in our boat, heading to Pictou, Nova Scotia, a 50 mile run. The seas were very calm.

This is a replica of the ship Hector, an old Dutch sailing ship that sailed from Lock Broom, Scotland with 179 passengers in 1773. It arrived in Pictou on 9/15/1773 and the passengers founded the town.

Pictou is called the “birthplace of New Scotland”. This ship usually has her masts up, but they are being repaired.

The very large stones carefully cut and placed to make this building that speaks so loudly of an active, vibrant past almost come back to life.