1. Eating fish and chips down by the river bank

2. Playing disc golf at the MARC (Municipal Activity Recreation Complex)

3. Walking the dog at Crescent Beach

4. Belting out a song on Karaoke night the first Friday of the month at FirkinStein

5. Checking out the Mi’kmaq quill artistry at the DesBrisay Museum

Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

6. Socializing with the gang over a board game borrowed from the public library at the Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre (LCLC)

7. Getting fresh veggies and baked goodies at the farmer’s market on Saturday mornings

8. Encountering magical creatures in the woods at the I’ll Be Gnome for Christmas contest.

9. Picking haskap berries at Southshore Farms

10. A short 13 minute carpool to the South Shore Waldorf School

11. Skating at Kingsburg Pond while listening to the ocean waves breaking nearby

12. Buying seafood fresh off the wharf via the Happy Fish truck

13. Enjoying free ice cream for Moms on Mother’s Day from Wiles Lake Farm Market

14. Finding a left-handed guitar — and other unexpected treasures — at Most Wanted Pawn

Eddie Janssens, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

And a bonus reason:

15. Discovering all the other reasons to ❤️ Bridgewater and Nova Scotia’s South Shore!