Not easy to find, but well worth the hunt, is a local legendary place of peaceful, natural beauty in the woods behind Bear River, Nova Scotia: Fred's Hole. Poetically named NOT, it's famous for cool deep water that kids can jump off of the huge rocks into. Driving up a dirt road in the back woods of Nova Scotia, you come upon this sun dappled tree encircled natural pond in a rushing wide stream, very suddenly on your right. We'd been telling our dad, Tom Forrestall, about this spot for 3 years and FINALLY he made it out there with lots of his family: me, his grandson Max (he's the one racing with the water squirter 1/2 the size of his body on dad's left), my brother Curphey and his daughters, Liz and Jasmine. Dad and I made sketches of the big rocks in the water, while his grandkids drew and ran around, occasionally into the cool water. The pool in the rushing brook was so much higher this year than usual and rushing very strongly because of all the rain in June and early July. Most memorable from our last family visit here, were the hundreds of iridescent green and blue dragonflies alighting on peoples hats and shirts as well as beautiful butterflies. And they were back! A magical place.
Max Forrestall Schuss and cousin Liz (below right) Below: Max in Fred's Hole
Max and his uncle Curphey defy the cold water, while grandpa watches.
Dad sketching at Fred's Hole
Tom Forrestall making a watercolor at Fred's Hole.
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