Sunset to Sunrise in Dieppe | 4th Grand Falls Scouts & Venturers

Jul 21st Sunset to Sunrise in Dieppe

As happy as we were with our hotel in Caen, the hotel in Dieppe was WAY above our station! One of those places you immediately feel guilty about bringing Scouts to 😉 The rooms were gorgeous, the food delicious, and the staff very friendly. Of course no one could speak English, and my French is good only for ordering coffee, so I have some fond memories of trying to communicate with folks using mostly charades (I am terrible at charades as an aside).

After supper and a chance to settle in, we all walked down to the beach for a short ceremony and to really take in where we were standing.

After the ceremony we watched the sun finish it’s decent and stood enjoying the peaceful darkness and watching the waves crash in. Hard to imagine that this was location of one of most terrible military sacrifices in this history of our country. We had all been talking for months about taking a night swim at Dieppe, and now was the moment… the kids turned to us wondering if we were serious… I remember looking over at Scouter Dan, Dan shrugged, and we ran into the ocean together. What a way to end a powerful day!

After our swim, we all took a moment to dry off on the stairs leading up to the road above. Scouter Gerry and I had a “brilliant” idea to return to see the sunrise on the beach (another item we had been talking about for months). Unsurprisingly, there were not many takers… in fact, only Eric volunteered to get up with us, lol!

In my opinion though, it was their loss, as the sunrise was one I won’t soon forget…