Before we left Annapolis Royal we were able to tour a Lobster Plant. The lobster season in Nova Scotia runs from March to July and Oct. to Feb. Only the males are kept and they must be over 1 pound. All the females are thrown back to create more lobster. After the fishermen unload the lobster they are sorted by size and placed in crates or tubes and kept in 34° salt water where the lobster hibernates until it is time to package them and ship them off to all corners of the world. China, Japan, and Korea want the biggest ones or 6-9 pound size. This plant has 4 large tanks and each tank will hold 96,000 pounds of lobster.
We crossed from the north side of Nova Scotia to the south side, stopping for lunch in the Kejimkujik National Park (pronounced ‘ke-jim-ku-jik’). If it had not been raining and windy we were going to rent a kayak and explore their lake and river but the weather was horrible! Even at that, this is a park we would like to come and stay for awhile because there appeared to be a lot of hikes, biking and kayak opportunities.
Next stop is Lunenburg, not far from Halifax. It was very windy and raining all afternoon but we didn’t mind staying indoors and getting some computer work accomplished. We had a whole pound of fresh scallops for dinner - mouth watering good!
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