Made it to Nova Scotia - Pur & Simple, Fall Colors and Lakeside Grill (Oct.8, 2025)

We landed at 6 am which was too early to pick up our car rental (we had a truck booked actually).

So we hung out at the airport for a couple hours until the rental place opened then we took an uber over to pick up our vehicle.

From there we decided to go get something to eat for breakfast - we were hungry.

We were driving over in Halifax and happened to notice a Pur & Simple so that's where we decided to go.

Freya taking selfies while we were waiting for our food.

Papa, Freya and Grandma.

I had one of their specialty coffees - yum.

Freya had the crepe - it's just about as big as she is.

I had the Riri's French toast which I've had before - it is so delicious, I love it.

Jason was being so good, he had an egg white omelet.

It looks good too.

We have eaten at Pur & Simple a few times now and we've not ever been disappointed so we would highly recommend it.

We did a little shopping after we ate at some stores just across the street from where we ate.

Then we headed over to Bayer's Lake which is where our hotel is and I was just oohing and aahing over all of the trees in their Fall colors.

The pictures don't seem to capture the beauty as well as real life but it gives a taste of the beauty anyway.

We did a bunch of shopping over there too - kind of just killing time until we were able to check into our room.

I got a few tops at Winners/Marshalls.

We walked through the Spirit Halloween.

We checked in once we were able then we looked up a place to go and get some supper.

We found Lakeside Grill which was in a hotel (not the one we were staying at) just up the road on Chocolate Lake.

It was really nice inside (and pretty much empty).

Looks like almost a fancy place.

They sat us in a booth by the windows.

We knew there was a lake just out there (Chocolate Lake) and I bet the view would have been beautiful in the daylight but it was dark out now and we couldn't see a thing.

Jason.

We shared some calamari.

Then I had the fish - it was AMAZING.

Jason had a chicken curry dish.

He liked it.

Then we got Freya a slice of cheesecake.

Jason and I shared a slice of carrot cake.

We are loving having the opportunity to bring Freya along on this trip with us and to have her experience some new things with us.

Plus we just love hanging out with her

We are so blessed.

We went for a swim when we got back to our hotel.

We had the whole pool to ourselves.

We got her a squishy lizard at Spirit of Halloween today and she brought it to the pool with her.

There he is.

She's got him all bundled up in case he was cold, 😆

Then that was the end of our first day here.

We hit the hay and we all crashed pretty quickly.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!