Days 122-123 (September 1-2): Sydney, Nova Scotia

- What to do in Sydney, but go to the Tar Ponds... 'Open Hearth Park' opened this week-end, a large and multi-purpose green space over the Tar Ponds, one of the worst urban toxic waste sites in the country... The Park still needs a bit of work, but is quite expansive:

The part of the Park that is over what used to be the cooling pond, where waste water from the plant was processed.

Hopefully, nothing bubbles up to the surface...

- Why, pray tell, other than to see the Tar Ponds, was I in Sydney? It was an overnight stay in order to take the Monday 5 PM ferry from North Sydney to Argentia, Newfoundland, an overnight trip that would get me to NL around 10 the next morning, local time.

- There is a local beer!  Big Spruce Brewing operates out of Nyanza, near Baddeck, not far from Sydney. The pub where I had lunch (The Governor's) had two of their products on tap: an oatmeal stout and a 'Kitchen Party' Pale Ale.  They are both drinkable; of note, they are organic.