Ever eaten a lobster roll after a winter surfing lesson with a cold lobster-infused beer in your knitted-lobster-mittened hands? Then you haven’t been to Nova Scotia.

There are only three seasons in Nova Scotia: summer, fall, and lobster. Lobster season stretches from the last Monday in November until May 31 when the final lobster trap is pulled from the waters until the next year. During lobster season, a crustacean fixation takes over this Canadian province with lobster-themed excursions, menus, and events. There’s even a lobster festival each February, where Lucy the Lobster kicks off 18 days of festivities as she crawls out of the sea in search of her shadow during the South Shore Lobster Crawl. From lobster-infused beer tastings to taking to the seas on a working lobster boat, these Nova Scotian experiences are all they’re cracked up to be.