Monday, October 7, 2013

Valley life

Trucking our way to the playground.
After the last post about my spell of bad luck, it's time to write about something positive - my love of the Annapolis Valley. It seems like we are constantly discovering new gems - local peaches and pears (grown only minutes away from our door), little roadside stands where you drop money into a jar and pick up a dozen eggs, a jar of honey or a bouquet of flowers, and wonderful trails and parks. Our current favourite park is Mickey Hill Provincial Park, a small but beautiful area with private picnic tables beside a perfect stream, a 1 km trail to a gorgeous lake with a sandy beach - the perfect hike for a 3 year old.

And we are just getting started, there is so much more to discover - corn mazes, u-picks, Keji national park, the King's Theatre, restaurants, shops, galleries...it will make for a fall full of amily adventures!
Mickey Hill - our private sandy beach. Can't wait to swim here in the summer.
Dogsitting our pal Kye 
Hooray for fall!

2 comments:

Grandma Linda said...

Lovely Photos Ash! And if I could only get Alyssa and Ava to move with me, I'd move to Annapolis Royal too!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful pictures Ashley. A secret place. Aren't we lucky to have so many hidden gems in our midst? Looking forward to the Thanksgiving weekend we some of the gang around. Had a great visit with the girls and Amelia this week. Love to all xxoo Maureen