I can't believe it's already June. I wanted to write more blog posts but I haven't gotten out as much as I wanted to because I started a new job and I'm still in school so I thought I would do a recap of what I have done. Since I shared my spring adventure list, I have been able to complete a few things.
On May 12, we had a super hot sunny day (it was 27 degrees Celsius downtown) and I was off from work with nothing else to do so I on a whim around lunchtime decided to go to a drive-thru then head to the beach. With thousands of kilometres of shoreline in Nova Scotia, the province has quite a few beaches and I have been to a handful. During this day, I drove across the bridge towards Sambro and visited Crystal Crescent Beach which I had never been to before. It is a very nice beach and quite long so even though there was lots of people it wasn't crowded. The main parking lot had not been opened yet so people parked along the side of the street so I almost didn't stay. It was about a kilometre walk to the beach from where I parked so I didn't go more than 10 feet away from the stairs down before I set up my chair. I spent a couple hours reading and people watching and just enjoying the sun. I did put my hand in the water which is very cold, but was great to be outside. I can see why it is a popular beach.
Eat a strawberry shortcake
Normally, I don't like strawberry shortcake so I was hesitant to try one that my cousin made last year but I really liked it so it was nice to have it again this year. The strawberry shortcake I am used to uses tea biscuits, strawberries in juice and whipped cream. I just eat the strawberries in juice but my cousin made an actual cake for her dessert which she brought to our Easter dinner. It was really yummy. I gotta say, my cousin is a good baker.
Wake up early for a sunrise
On Saturday, I woke up early in hopes of seeing the sun rise. I drove out to Duncans Cove because it was suggested as one of the best places in Halifax to see the morning sun but I had never been there before so once my directions ended I had no idea where to park. It was still pitch black pretty much and I was alone so I decided to not spend anytime exploring the unknown and went back downtown instead. I ended up at Point Pleasant Park and once I got there, I wasn't sure I actually would catch the sun rise because it was very foggy but I did see a few minutes of it. Most of the time was watching a container ship coming into port. Check out the video on my Instagram for the full thing but below is a picture that I captured.
This was kind of a hard one to check off because, at least here in Nova Scotia, there really is only about a week in the spring that the blossoms are out. The cherry trees that we have in Dartmouth, I drive by them often and when I saw them back in April being empty I thought I had missed them but they come out in May. Park Avenue (which is by the Dartmouth Commons) has a line of cherry trees that blossom and seems to be the best place to see the pink flowers in the city. Next year I will have to try and get a video of tt but I did take a few pictures which you can see in the photography tab above.
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