Good news: as the dawn breaks gloriously to my left, the youtube clips have finally gone up--worth the early start!
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Sorry, guys, but the Wifi here at Woodhaven's painfully slow, so here's an update after innumerable attempts. And who knows when--or if--the youtube clips will be ready.
But after a too-eventful day zipping down from the garage at Sydney Mines, Saturday opens with a visit to Downtown Halifax, the British fort that eventually eclipsed the cod-processing outpost of Louisbourg, specifically, the Citadel overlooking Halifax harbour.
The family rate for entrance was as formidable as the Scottish Highlander, at almost $30, but we didn't miss a shot of some idiotic tourist trying to look funny in front of a military installation.
The highlight of the visit turned out to be the Buskers' Festival, where we tucked in on onion rings, got our pictures taken at the WestJet booth, and watched a bunch of funny people doing acrobatics and stuff. On the way back to the campgrounds, we stopped by Halifax North Memorial Library to get our blog and facebook updated--to avert the pain of dealing with the surly Wifi and staff of our campsite. Nothing like fast Internet and air conditioning, for free, on a hot August afternoon!
One priceless thing, though, about our campsite: the sunsets are pretty awesome!
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Sunday opens with us hitting the South Shores--first, Lunenburg, where German settlers landed in the 1700s and traded their farming skills for fishing. Everywhere here the Bluenose is celebrated, that famous fishing and racing ship that also became a nickname for Nova Scotians. Here, the mast of the Bluenose II is seen, on right.
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Minutes before Peggy's Cove, and within sight of its iconic lighthouse, we come across a memorial to Swissair flight 111, which went down just offshore in 1998 without any survivors. The rocky panorama is as stunning as the memorial is thought-provoking.
And finally, we get to Peggy's Cove, as much a must-see for Halifax visitors as the Niagara Falls are for Toronto visitors. After doing the de rigeur trek to the iconic lighthouse, skipping over its rock formations at low tide, and browsing the souvenir shops and art galleries everywhere, we grab some "baby-sized" ice cream (at $.75 each!) and head on back.
And so ends our outbound portion of our tour of the Maritimes. The rest of the journey, God willing, should be homeward bound!
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What is a wonderful picture!
ReplyDeleteIt was sunset in the blackground. The rosy clouds full in the sky. A boy was jumping up to the sky. He reached his hands and uped his head. He flew up to sun and wants embrace the sun.