Photo Album Photo of the Day for June 24 Balmoral Mill This is an amazing place to visit, a fully functional grist mill. The machinery fills all 3 floors of the building and the whole place is alive with sound and dust, like a living giant.	S M T W T F S June 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30  1  2  3  4  5  6 July Scrapbook - Maps Notes - Weather Details - Intro
	Elephant Lamp Omen Little did we know that this cute lamp was really an omen of day ahead.
	Cobequid Rock Garden
	Capt'n Dave in front of the Lawrence House The largest fully-rigged ship ever to be built in Canada, was built here in 1874. The huge ship, built just across the road, dwarfed the house and the bow over hung the road. It must have been quite a site.
	Looks good at '90 A Lawrence family trophy.
	Faint on this Formal parlor at the Lawrence House.
	Prison Crew ? Back home, these folks might be mistaken for a prison crew. A group of tidal bore rafters brave the Minas basin in "Survival suits". We will have to try this sometime. It's probably a blast on a nice sunny hot day (the Minas basin must be about 50 deg. at it's warmest).
	Period bedroom Almost all of the furniture in this house is original.
	Victorian era radiator cover I had seen these in an old Sears catalog, but not in real life. What a beautiful way to hide an ugly cast iron radiator.
	Truro tourist info center Almost every large town has one - look for the big question mark on a brown sign. These folks always go out of their way to help.
	I guess it means south What to do if you don't have a 'South' sign handy.
	If you drive fast enough... Gray day, it started to rain - hard enough to use the wipers but not enough to put the top up! Of course the long straight roads and light traffic helped.
	Cozy Caboose A unique room for the night.
	Train Station Inn You have a choice of staying in the station or one of the 4 cars. Two more are being converted and will be ready by May '99.
	Choo Chooo! Must be a neat way to travel across the country, in a converted caboose. Traveling in a working caboose is a rather grungy loud and stinky affair, judging by the caboose awaiting renovation.
	Spur wheel at the Grist Mill This is the big wheel in the center of the mill that drives the whole affair. It's very impressive to see this huge, heavy gear spinning around while everything in the building creaks and groans.
	Sutherland Steam Mill
	Margaret and Hercules Our knowledgeable guide explains the workings of Hercules, one of the steam engines at the mill.
	Woodworking Shop Lots of Victorian gingerbread made here.
	Dressed for Dinner The day ended with a wonderful meal at the Pictou Lodge.
	Ferry to P.E.I. This is the old-fashioned way to P.E.I. We may return to Nova Scotia via ferry.