It’s been a hectic month and we’ve been so busy touring
around Nova Scotia in between hosting our own guests at the Evening Sail, that
there’s hardly been time to sit down and get caught up on my writing!
We’re just back from a quick visit to Chester and are
heading up to Cape Breton this weekend, but in the meantime, here are the rest
of Andrea Kelly’s tips for the Canning area…
Andrea partners with Ross Creek Centre of the Arts which
presents plays outdoors in July and August at their Two Planks and a PassionTheatre set outdoors on 178 acres of farmland.” They are committed to creating
unforgettable experiences through one of the oldest mediums that exists: the
theatre. This year’s productions are As You Like It and an adaption of The
Iliad. Check the Farmhouse
Inn’s website for packages.
The Evergreen Theatre in Margaretsville, a 36-foot square,
115-seat theatre, which started out as the Evergreen Baptist Church, is well worth
checking out for excellent music!
The Blue Beach Fossil Museum on Bluff Road in Avonport has the largest fossil collection in Atlantic Canada.
Make a trip there and start your own collection and talk to Chris ...he is
amazing!
The ArtCan Cafe in Canning serves a fabulous lunch and will
soon serve dinner
and if you need a special gift from Nova Scotia, stop at Denise Aspinall’s
Pottery Shop on the Main Street of Canning“. (you can watch a video of Denise at
work here).
And Andrea’s best advice?...“On your way home from Annapolis
Royal, be sure to stop at Jonny's Cookhouse in Berwick for the best hamburger
and ice cream anywhere”.
We took her advice and both agreed that Jonny’s is the kind
of place you see on all those fun tv shows like Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives . I went straight for a wonderful
strawberry milkshake – the kind that still comes with the silver cup and all
the extra shake that wouldn’t fit in your glass. Unfortunately, the shake was
so filling that even though Mom and I split the Sweet Maria burger (local meat
& smoked bacon, homemade bun, sweet chile sauce, grilled pineapple and
seasoned mayo), we didn’t have enough room to try one of the nine (yes, I said
nine) different kinds of poutine.
The True Newfie (made with beer fries, gravy, homemade Newfoundland bread dressing,
mozzarella cheese and more gravy) sounded too good to pass up. I don’t even
know what beer fries are, but I really wanted to try them!
They
don’t have a website, but they are open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 8pm, year
round! Located at 4287 Highway #1, Berwick, you just take exit 15 off 101 and
turn south onto NS-360 for about 3 km. Turn right on #1 (which is west, I think?)
and it’s just around the corner.
I’ll have lots of great ideas for a visit to the Annapolis
Valley a little later on, but next time (for a change of pace) I think I’ll
share some of the out-of-the-way places to hit on the South Shore, with a rundown
of our visit with Suzi at the Mecklenburgh Inn in Chester… and please, the next
time you’re in Canning, be sure to stop in at the Farmhouse Inn and let Andrea
know you found her advice helpful…
Talk to you soon,
Michelle
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