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Ellie Kennard Oct 9

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On Tuesday we rode these trails (Shearwater trail, Salt Marsh trail, part of the Atlantic View trail) again. It was a glorious 35km ride! The leaves in the woods section are perfectly beautiful.
I'll post more pictures and videos over the next little while so I don't flood your feeds!
It's almost 1.5 hour's drive to get there (and home afterwards), so would be better not done as a day trip. We were so glad to get away from the smoke and ash, but were straight into the dust! We still need rain so badly. So much dust on the bikes and us. (Actually you could tell, as it was affecting our lungs and tiring us out.)

We saw so many lovely birds. There were, among the usual seabirds a black bellied plover, greater yellowlegs, white throated sparrow and we heard the sweet notes of the song sparrow.
Temperature hovered around 19º.C and it was very windy.
#EllieKPosts #NovaScotia #bikeTrails #RailsToTrails #bike #SaltMarsh #Shearwater #EasternPassage #birds

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A short video of one of the views on the Shearwater trail mentioned in this post:
https://zeroes.ca/@elliek/115345414451224186

Ellie Kennard Oct 10

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Follow the thread to see the map and other photos.
A little further along, the trail passes through a section of 9km (~5mi) of wetlands salt water marsh habitat. It was a former rail causeway, and it was perfect for birdwatching. The path all along this route is crusher dust, now very dry, which explains the thick dust that covered us on our return.
More to follow...

#wetlands #SaltMarsh #marshland #NovaScotia #EllieKPosts

Ellie Kennard Oct 10

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This is one of the wooden bridges on the trail crossing the Salt Marsh. On the map which you can see by going up the thread, it looks as if we rode our bikes through the water. I love how the vanishing point in the bridge meets the vanishing point of the light clouds above, with the sun in the middle.
#saltMarsh #NovaScotia #SaltMarshTrail

Ellie Kennard Oct 11

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A peaceful video of the Salt Marsh section of the trail. No drama (there's quite enough of that if you're looking), just calm nature by the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia.
Enjoy.
You can see the map of the trail we rode our bikes on by going to the first post in this thread.

#EllieKPosts #SaltMarshTrail #RailsToTrails

Ellie Kennard Oct 12

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After the Salt Marsh Trail we arrived at a beautiful, quite windy Lawrencetown Beach. There weren't too many people on the beach and none swimming, though there were quite a few surf boards and surfers further up the beach.
We carried on a little up the Atlantic View trail, but decided that the stretch we had been through was more interesting, so we turned around to start the return trip.
To see the map of where we rode our bikes and previous photos and videos, go to the top of the thread.

#SilentSunday #beach #NovaScotia #EllieKPosts #LawrencetownBeach #RailsToTrails #cycle

Ellie Kennard Oct 12

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I thought I'd share a short video of Lawrencetown Beach as we prepared to turn around to go back.
The sounds of the Atlantic ocean.
To see a map of the route we took, go to the top of the thread.

#EllieKPosts #LawrencetownBeach #beach #NovaScotia #video #AltText

Ellie Kennard Oct 13

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And finally... we come to the end of our little adventure on the Shearwater, Salt Marsh, Atlantic View trails. I'm sharing my favorite photo of the return trip, looking along the trail across the wonderful salt marsh section into the low sun.

I hope you've enjoyed the series.

To see the whole journey with map, photos and videos, go to the top of the thread.

#EllieKPosts #LawrencetownBeach #beach #NovaScotia #AltText

Sharonbw stands with Minnesota Oct 13

@elliek
I love this photo!

Ellie Kennard Oct 13

@Sharonbw
Thanks, Sharon.
It's my favourite of the trip, I'm glad you like it. I saved it for last!

Lstn2urmama 🇨🇦Oct 15

@elliek Am only seeing this post several times and none of the others ...

Ellie Kennard Oct 15

@Lstn2urmama just tap on the text at the top of this photo post and then you should be able to scroll up to the top.

Rich Stein (he/him)Oct 12

@elliek
It all looks wonderful! Thank you for posting.

Ellie Kennard Oct 12

@RunRichRun it's my pleasure, Rich! Thank you for your lovely comment.

Lstn2urmama 🇨🇦Oct 15

@elliek nice to see undisturbed ...

Ellie Kennard Oct 15

@Lstn2urmama and thank you for the boosts!

Callalily Oct 10

@elliek
Thank you for sharing. Great photos.

Ellie Kennard Oct 10

@Callalily I'm glad you're enjoying them. A few more still to come, a couple of videos, including one of the salt marshes.
Thank you for the appreciation. 💕

Callalily Oct 10

@elliek
You're welcome. I always enjoy seeing nature photos & videos. Thank you again for sharing your adventure.

Stacey Cornelius 🇨🇦Oct 10

@elliek This section is especially cool when the herons are fishing.

Ellie Kennard Oct 10

@StaceyCornelius I can imagine! It was so beautiful and calm, away from everything, we just kept stopping to ... just be in that environnement.