It was sad leaving Halifax and the Radisson as everything was so nice here and our advertures were nearing the end. We checked out of the Radisson Halifax at 10 a.m. We could have stayed until 1 p.m. which is a great time for check out, but we wanted to have lunch in Digby and be in time for the ferry departure at 4 p.m.
It was a very scenic ride. I haven't seen anything yet in Nova Scotia that I didn't love.
Arrived in Digby at 1 p.m. It's a beautiful little town!
We were suprised that the town did not smell fishy, after all this is the towns livelihood. You can see from the below photos the main fishing docks where all the daily catch's come in.
The below photo, if you click on it to enlarge it, you can see the refrigerated trucks drive right out to pick up the fresh seafood right off the boats.
Looks like low tide to me.
Since we were in Digby, I had to have their world famous scallops for lunch. Luckily for my husband we found a great restaurant with an outdoor patio and view of the bay.
The view from our table.
Fishers Galley, photo below from their website.
After a yummy lunch we had about an hour to tour the town and pick up some souvineers.
Click here for a webcam of Digby, NS
We arrived at the ferry terminal at 3 p.m. An hour ahead of time, as they recommended.
My reservation was great, and we had our tickets in less then 5 minutes. Then it was out to the parking lot to line up our car for boarding. The scary part for me was looking at all the tractor trailers lined up to get on the ferry. I was thinking that has to be a lot of weight!!!
John was thinking, man this boat is OLD!
The Princess of Acadia Ferry was built in 1971.
A typical Nova Scotia fishing boat pictured below.
Scenic view leaving the Digby Harbour.
I'm not sure what these things in the water are, possibly tanks for holding the bait? If anyone knows leave a comment please!
Once out into deep water, about midway, we had a whale watching class. We didn't see any whales.
There was a lounge on the ferry also and a video lottery terminal. Thats what they call a slot machine here.
St. John, New Brunswick in the horizon! The ferry ride was three hours long!
Now the fun part, wander back to the bottom of the ferry, and drive off.
The
Country Inn and Suites was just a short drive from the ferry terminal about two miles or less. A quick drive but through what we call a "Malfunction Junction". It would have been a simple left turn according to google maps, except for recent construction, that left turn would have been a disaster since the road was now one way at the "Malfunction Junction" with traffic lights, and stop signs and certain parts of the intersection had the right of way. CRAZY!
We received a good rate on the room of $137. per night for a 2-room king suite. The hotel was dated, carpeting throughout was worn, the ice machine broken, TV reception just awful on most channels, but what they lacked in this, they made up for in service.
We couldn't get the TV's to work in the room, so we were moved across the hall to a nicer room with a front view. There was a cool machine in the lobby that disbursed current DVD's for free, and although the ice machine was broken, all we had to do was ask, they filled our ice bucket for us. The breakfast buffet was very nice also!
Since we checked into the hotel at about 7:30 p.m. we called it a night and ordered some Papa Johns pizza for delivery. We also tried the donair sauce for our dipping sauce. In Canada whenever you order pizza, you always get a dipping sauce for your crust. Mostly we order creamy garlic. We didn't care for the donair sauce, as it was a very sweet creamy garlic. Tomorrow Reversing Falls. We are staying two nights here in St. John.
It was a very scenic ride. I haven't seen anything yet in Nova Scotia that I didn't love.
Arrived in Digby at 1 p.m. It's a beautiful little town!
We were suprised that the town did not smell fishy, after all this is the towns livelihood. You can see from the below photos the main fishing docks where all the daily catch's come in.
The below photo, if you click on it to enlarge it, you can see the refrigerated trucks drive right out to pick up the fresh seafood right off the boats.
Looks like low tide to me.
Since we were in Digby, I had to have their world famous scallops for lunch. Luckily for my husband we found a great restaurant with an outdoor patio and view of the bay.
The view from our table.
Fishers Galley, photo below from their website.
After a yummy lunch we had about an hour to tour the town and pick up some souvineers. 
Click here for a webcam of Digby, NS
We arrived at the ferry terminal at 3 p.m. An hour ahead of time, as they recommended.
My reservation was great, and we had our tickets in less then 5 minutes. Then it was out to the parking lot to line up our car for boarding. The scary part for me was looking at all the tractor trailers lined up to get on the ferry. I was thinking that has to be a lot of weight!!!
John was thinking, man this boat is OLD! The Princess of Acadia Ferry was built in 1971.
A typical Nova Scotia fishing boat pictured below.
Scenic view leaving the Digby Harbour.
I'm not sure what these things in the water are, possibly tanks for holding the bait? If anyone knows leave a comment please!
Once out into deep water, about midway, we had a whale watching class. We didn't see any whales.
There was a lounge on the ferry also and a video lottery terminal. Thats what they call a slot machine here. 
St. John, New Brunswick in the horizon! The ferry ride was three hours long!
Now the fun part, wander back to the bottom of the ferry, and drive off.
The Country Inn and Suites was just a short drive from the ferry terminal about two miles or less. A quick drive but through what we call a "Malfunction Junction". It would have been a simple left turn according to google maps, except for recent construction, that left turn would have been a disaster since the road was now one way at the "Malfunction Junction" with traffic lights, and stop signs and certain parts of the intersection had the right of way. CRAZY!
We received a good rate on the room of $137. per night for a 2-room king suite. The hotel was dated, carpeting throughout was worn, the ice machine broken, TV reception just awful on most channels, but what they lacked in this, they made up for in service.
We couldn't get the TV's to work in the room, so we were moved across the hall to a nicer room with a front view. There was a cool machine in the lobby that disbursed current DVD's for free, and although the ice machine was broken, all we had to do was ask, they filled our ice bucket for us. The breakfast buffet was very nice also!
Since we checked into the hotel at about 7:30 p.m. we called it a night and ordered some Papa Johns pizza for delivery. We also tried the donair sauce for our dipping sauce. In Canada whenever you order pizza, you always get a dipping sauce for your crust. Mostly we order creamy garlic. We didn't care for the donair sauce, as it was a very sweet creamy garlic. Tomorrow Reversing Falls. We are staying two nights here in St. John.
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