Maple, Snow and Waterfalls

This past weekend my mom and I travelled to the north shore of Nova Scotia for a day of walking, trying new things and exploring even more of the province. 

Our Saturday began with us driving 1.5 hours up to Earltown to check out a place called Sugar Moon Farm which is a maple farm. There's quite a bit you can do on the farm. They have a restaurant which is currently take out only because of the pandemic. I had their smoked turkey club for lunch while my mom had the breakfast sandwich, both were really good. Since it is still winter and actually quite cold that day, we ate in our car.

The parking lot is also the beginning of the Rogart Mountain Trail which you can snowshoe during the winter. It's a 6.2km rugged and often steep loop trail, that passes brooks, scenic look-offs, 17 interpretive sites and a waterfall. I only went out 15 minutes than turned back around because I went alone and had no cell service. The little bit that I did see looked pretty even covered with snow, I'm looking forward to going again in the summer or fall. 

The one thing I really wanted to do was the sugar-on-snow where you roll up your own hot maple syrup stick on ice. It costs $2 per stick and is very gooey and sticky but yummy. Pop on over to Instagram (@adventuresofansgirl) for a video of me trying it.  

We then travelled to the town of Truro and drove around for a bit before stopping in at a cafe called Jimolly's for a coffee and treat. Afterwards, we went to Victoria Park to go for a walk. I didn't realize how big the park is until I looked at the map. There are a number of trails on the 3,000 acre property as well as a playground, picnic tables, splash-pad and swimming pool. I wanted to just see the waterfalls and there is an easier route to get to them if you park at 212 Wood Street instead of the main entrance. It was easier, however since it's winter, the trail was quite icy so the walk took longer than it would in the summer. You also have to go down a number of stairs to get a really good view of the falls which we didn't do but you could still see them from the higher areas. I gotta say, waterfalls are cool looking during the winter. 

All and all, it was a great day and I can't wait to go back later in the year when it's warmer.