Our Time on the Road is Winding Down -
But the Sights Keep Impressing
9/5 – Our next stop was at Sherbrooke Village which is the preservation of a village as it was from 1860 to 1915.
In many of the 80 buildings there were re-enactors who were very knowledgeable and interesting to talk with. Many of them have lived in Sherbrooke all their lives.
Lalia had a wonderful time in the print shop discussing typesetting and printing with the re-enactor working there.
If you ever come to this area we think this is a must stop.
In many of the 80 buildings there were re-enactors who were very knowledgeable and interesting to talk with. Many of them have lived in Sherbrooke all their lives.
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| This young man made a hook for us |
Lalia had a wonderful time in the print shop discussing typesetting and printing with the re-enactor working there.
If you ever come to this area we think this is a must stop.
9/6- From Sherbrooke we drove to Halifax. Big city with all
“the stores”. Walmart, Costco, etc. Our first shopping stop was to Costco. After
that we took the rest of this day and the next day to relax and plan our week
in this area.
9/8- After shopping we went downtown to Halifax Harbor which
was very nice. They have a boardwalk which gives you the opportunity to see the
features of the waterfront and across the harbor to Dartmouth.
From downtown we went to The Halifax Citadel. Another old fortress that was built to defend the city and the harbor. The views of Halifax and Halifax Harbor were wonderful and if you can imagine the view before all the high rise buildings you could understand why they felt this was a great position to defend Halifax.
From downtown we went to The Halifax Citadel. Another old fortress that was built to defend the city and the harbor. The views of Halifax and Halifax Harbor were wonderful and if you can imagine the view before all the high rise buildings you could understand why they felt this was a great position to defend Halifax.
9/9 – One of our day trips from Halifax was to the town of
Lunenburg which is a very scenic old fishing town just south of Halifax. This
was a bright sunny day that made for another beautiful ride along the Nova
Scotia shore. A particularly beautiful town we went through was Mahone Bay.
Very touristy and well kept up homes and buildings with a beautiful little harbor.
Lunenburg is the home of the Bluenose II which is a pretty
famous sailing ship in Canada. We've seen references to the Bluenose and
Bluenose II throughout the Maritime Provinces. Lunenburg is another one of
those little harbor towns built around the fishing business that has been very
creative in developing a tourist business after the fishing business was
depleted.
9/10 – Our next day in this area was spent going to Peggy’s
Cove which everyone has told us not to miss and they were correct. Along the way
we stopped in to the memorial for the 229 victims of the crash of Swissair
Flight 111 in 1998. Very well done memorial.
From there we drove to Peggy’s Cove to see yet another
lighthouse. (For those of you that followed our blog on our trip out west a few
years ago you’ll remember Ray commenting on how Lalia took a picture of every
tree in the northwest. Well, Ray now believes we’ve see every lighthouse in
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.) This is a very nice area with lots of picture
opportunities. A definite “must see” in Nova Scotia.
9/11 – Our last day in the Halifax area we went back
downtown to take a ferry ride across the harbor to Dartmouth. We had been told
this was a good way to see the Halifax skyline so we gave it a try. Nice view
but not spectacular.
9/12 – We left Halifax today and drove to Yarmouth, mainly
to see Cape Forchu and the lighthouse. Yarmouth also has a nice little
harbor with many fishing boats. In order to get to Cape Forchu we had to cross
the Yarmouth Bar where there were a lot of photo opportunities.
The Cape Forchu lighthouse is also known as the “apple core” lighthouse due to its unique shape. This lighthouse was built this way in 1962 to help with wind resistance since the previous lighthouses had all been destroyed by storms. This was another good photo opportunity for us because there were walking trails that took us along the coast.
On our way back to the RV we drove through the city of Yarmouth and found a great pub/brewery, Rudders, to finish the day with a couple of home town beers and some “snacks” to help the beer down.
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| Yarmouth Harbour |
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| Yarmouth Bar |
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| Yarmouth Bar |
The Cape Forchu lighthouse is also known as the “apple core” lighthouse due to its unique shape. This lighthouse was built this way in 1962 to help with wind resistance since the previous lighthouses had all been destroyed by storms. This was another good photo opportunity for us because there were walking trails that took us along the coast.
On our way back to the RV we drove through the city of Yarmouth and found a great pub/brewery, Rudders, to finish the day with a couple of home town beers and some “snacks” to help the beer down.
9/13 – Another beautiful day as we head out to Digby, the
scallop capital of the world and we're definitely looking forward to some
scallops. From our campground we were able to walk a short trail to “downtown”
Digby. A nice little town with lots of fishing boats.
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