Blogger: Cynthia Bragg

This past week I was fortunate enough to have an excursion around the Southwest Coast, starting with a night at Nova Scotia's famed White Point Beach. 

Well let me tell you why I love White Point.  There is something about it it that makes me feel like I'm going to round the bend to find Johnny and Baby (think Dirty Dancing) sneaking down to the beach or over to the lake.  I guess in a sense there is a certain sense of nostalgia about the place that makes you long for simpler times.  And maybe that's because the company has been around for more than 75 years!  It's rustic, it's charming, it's wonderful!

Now all this isn't to say that they don't have modern amenities and things to do.  The resort features a Golf course, full service restaurant and bar, a pool and even a spa. 

But for me, the most important thing they have to offer is that beautiful white sandy beach and those playful bunnies surrounding the property hopping here, there and everywhere.  I was tempted to chase after them but I knew I didn't have time for tea with the Mad Hatter so I refrained.

As I have mentioned many times, there is something like the trance inducing state that ocean waves have on me that allows me to reconnect with myself.  And if you are visiting with family, I think those waves also help you reconnect with each other.  So after a good night's sleep in one of their Lakeside rooms, I got up at 6 am to enjoy the sun coming up and headed for a walk towards the beach.

 The sun was glowing, the tide was gently rolling in and it was heavenly.  There were only 3 of us crazy enough to pull ourselves out of bed so early, an enthusiastic girl, running laps up and down the beach and a gentlemen who was every bit as entranced as I was.  As we approached each other we stopped for a cheery conversation.  "This is why I live in Nova Scotia" he said.  He told me he lived in Amherst now near the ocean, but had spent many years in Bedford on the outskirts of Halifax.  "I love waking up to the ocean every day.  Sitting out on my deck with my coffee.  This is so beautiful."  I completely agreed.  I don't wake up to the ocean everyday but I wish I did!  I like to take advantage of it when I get the chance and this was so rejuvenating!

Do they make this in a wallpaper?


After a relaxing buffet breakfast, my group headed off to the next leg of our journey but I know I will go back with my girl to spend time as a family.  I asked my good friend Heather Britten who had taken her twin girls to White Point a couple of times, why she keeps going back.  And while she also loves the beach and wildlife, and indoor pool (she adds), it's also the little things that make it special.  

In her words "The beach is amazing. There is a constant thunderous rhythm that reels you in and I find it hard to stop looking at it -almost like a campfire.  They have a marshmallow roast every night - they provide the marshmallows and sticks.  Then they have milk and cookies in front of the indoor fireplace where they read the kids a bedtime story. It is wonderful."

So there you have it, the viewpoint of a group traveler and also a mother with her family.  I also have a friend who is planning a romantic weekend there soon.  Though I'm sure they'll plan on nestling away quietly in one of the Oceanside cottages, and taking advantage of the room service  :)