This morning the rooster woke us up again around 7 in the morning so it was time to get up and get packing. Leo had saved some rice from our supper the evening before so first we got to feed the chickens a bit before we could leave, and of course this involved some picture-taking as well.
It took us 3 ½ hours to drive just over 200 km to get to our campsite and we did not even stop for pictures or anything. We are camped just on the west side of Halifax and after lunch we decided to go and briefly explore Peggy’s Cove and then go on to downtown Halifax so we could better plan for a full day of sight-seeing tomorrow.
We did first go to Peggy’s Cove (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggys_Cove,_Nova_Scotia), and yes you are right, we did not make it past that spot. It is where we spent the rest of the afternoon and on into the early evening.
The drive out to Peggy’s Cove was very nice to start with, through lots of small towns located along inlets of water. The private boats were quite different from what we had seen in Newfoundland where they were dories or fishing boats. Here they were modern sailing yachts of varying size or powerboats.
Once we got to Peggy’s Cove we were most delighted with the scenery of this small fishing village built amongst solid granite rocks, with its lighthouse and with its ocean shore. We were not impressed with the amount of tourism though: there were literally busloads of them. Seeing these big busses go through this small village just does not seem right, and provided a jarring contrast with our visits to similar villages in Newfoundland where we never encountered such a sight. But we most enjoyed our sunny visit here and spent lots of time walking on the beautiful solid granite shore rocks, and watching the surf clash against them with the incoming tide. For Leo it was another heaven for picture-taking.
It got too late to go to Halifax still so we went back to the trailer and had supper.
After supper we sat down and did some “planning” for our trip back. We need to get serious about allocating our remaining days so that we do not wind up ending our vacation in the middle of Ontario and then have Leo need to go to his job in Calgary the next day. Heavens, he might get fired if that happened, and then we might need to do this sort of travelling full time for the rest of our life!
Pictures of Peggy’s Cove can be found here.
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Fijn dat jullie geen wekker nodig hadden. De kippen zorgden er wel voor dat jullie op tijd uit je bed kwamen! En jullie hebben weer je ogen uitgekeken, nu weer in Peggy's Cove. Jammer dat er zoveel toeristen waren, maar als het zo interessant is, ook logisch. En de fotograaf heeft weer z'n hart opgehaald: alle foto's zijn elke keer weer mooi!!! Groetjes Kees
ReplyDeleteWouldn't want to get fired!! When do you have to be back in Calgary?
ReplyDeleteI loved Peggy's Cove when I was there--it is busy but so beautiful. I was there in September so it wasn't quite as busy as it would probably be in the summer.
Today we are going to Alex's kindergarten Open House to meet his teacher and see his classroom. He starts school on Wednesday morning. Samantha goes to a preschool open house on that same day and then she starts school on the 10th.
Have a great time exploring Halifax...The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is great, as is Pier 21 (Mom and Dad say it's the best). There's a restaurant called The Five Fishermen near St. Paul's Anglican Church is fabulous, according to Mom and Dad.
Can't wait to hear what you end up doing in Halifax!
Joanne
weer prachtige foto's vooral die met de golven, rotsen, wolken! Och die toeristen moeten jullie maar op de koop toenemen, het zijn ook maar mensen!!! Er is veel te lezen over Peggy's Cove, maar hebben jullie nog niet genoeg lighthouses gezien, de ene nog mooier dan de andere?
ReplyDeletejeetje, nu moet je weer gaan denken aan plicht??? geniet nog samen. Groetje,Jeanne