Yuki (and Brody's) RV Adventures: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Greetings!

Here we are in Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia. At first I couldn't get Brody to sit and pose, so I had to turn around and sternly tell him to sit down

and he listened! So here is our official "blog shot".

Peggy's Cove is southwest of Halifax on St. Margaret's Bay. The hamlet itself is little more than a small picturesque harbor.

However, what distinguishes Cove is the solitary lighthouse towering over a slab of wave-blasted rock. This lighthouse is the most photographed lighthouse in Canada,

hence lots of tourists.

We stopped to visit the memorial to Swissair Flight 111

that was on route from NYC to Geneva when it crashed 5 miles from shore in 1998.

a view of the lighthouse in the distance.

In Halifax, we actually stayed across the harbor in Dartmouth at Shubie Campground, a great place with lots of grass and a big lake. Mom and dad took the ferry from Dartmouth to Halifax, a great way to take in the views.

Mom and dad walked around Halifax taking in some of the sights.

St. Paul's Anglican Church, opened in 1750, is

Canada

's oldest Protestant church.

They also walked through the old cemetery, with graves dating between 1749 to 1860.

That night they met our friends from home, Diana and Mary what are the odds that we would be here at the same time - quite a treat!

Then it was time to take the ferry home ( and give Brody and I our long awaited dinner!)

The next day it was raining, so mom and dad went to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic to see exhibits devoted to the big Halifax explosion in 1917 when a French cargo ship loaded with explosives collided with another ship, resulting in a huge explosion and fires that killed 2,000 and injured another 9,000. There was also an exhibit on the Titanic. Halifax is the site of the graves of many from the Titanic.

Dad picked the place for lunch,

can you guess why? Check out the lights, biking buddies!

Not only that, but the food was fantastic.

After Halifax we headed to Cape Breton to stay in Baddeck one night before taking the ferry to Newfoundland. Baddeck is home to the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic site,

which does a good job of paying homage to Bell's many invention and humanitarian work. Mom and dad learned things they didn't know about his many inventions, including a record-setting hydrofoil boat.