Our Summer Vacation (Part 9)

The following morning,  Tuesday 25th of August, as I said in the last post, we breakfasted with Evan then bade him adieu and headed into Yarmouth to see what trouble we could get into.  First we stopped into Canadian Tire where Helen was already hard at work.  I love work, could just watch it for hours, but when Helen spotted us, she stopped working.  So, we had to buy some batteries for one of our cameras to keep her from getting in trouble with the boss.  Not exactly true, but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Saying goodbye to Helen once more we descended on beautiful downtown Yarmouth and immediately discovered the Fire Fighters Museum of Nova Scotia.  Well I guess we didn’t exactly discover it as it’s been there for a number of years and the information lady in Kingston had given us a pamphlet.

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Entrance to the Yarmouth Fire Fighters Museum.

Firebell near the entrance.

One of many lovely restored fire engines on the site.

Speaking of restorations. Some were steam driven like us.....

.......And many were of the horse drawn variety.

Before that, man power was the way to go.

The museum boasts hundreds of fire brigade badges from all over the world.

Of particular interest to us was our own local volunteer brigade where we live now........

.......and where we used to live.

You wouldn't think they'd allow vagrants in the museum would you?

This was as close as we wanted to get to the flames.

The museum also has a collection of antique toy fire engines, uniforms, and a huge collection of shoulder crests, patches, and badges from fire departments around the world.  There are also many photographs from fires around the area, including the Circus Ship Fire of 1963.

By the time Marilyn and I had toured the entire museum (both floors) and taken numerous pictures, we were beginning to get hungry again.  I don’t know what it is about vacations that makes one so hungry but that seemed to be a common problem for us throughout the week.

In the next installment I’ll tell you about the pleasant afternoon we spent at the very scenic, and  Helen recommended, Yarmouth Lighthouse on Cape Fochu.  Don’t miss this exciting adventure.