Thursday, June 28th

We are in Halifax Nova Scotia.  We took a bus tour of the city and visited a beautiful park.  Grandpop took a picture of a little bird that decided to sit next to Grandmom.

Here is a picture Grandpop took of us on the bus.

 I have shown you the bait they put in lobster traps.  Here is a picture of the traps.

We took a ride to an area called "Peggy's Cove"  There were a lot of rocks there that you would have loved to climb on

Then it was dinner with our friends.

Oh boy, another lobster sandwich for Grandpop!

Adult followers:

Today we took a bus tour of Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Our tour guide was fantastic and we learned a lot about the city and events.  We visited the cemetery where 150 of the victims of the Titanic are buried.  The head stones are laid out in the shape of a hull of a ship.  All the stones had a number on them representing the order the victim was recovered from the sea.  Most were unidentified. 

We also learned about a terrible explosion that happened in Halifax.  It seem two ships collided in the river.  One of which was carrying a lot of ammunitions.  The ship blew up near the shore which then blew up most of the town.  Over 2000 people died and 900 homes were destroyed.  They found pieces of the ship miles away.   We also learned that Nova Scotia has wonderful weather.  They do not get much snow and it does not get very cold here.  Their summers are also mild and stay in the 70 degree range.  This is all due to being surrounded by the water.

When we got back to the motor home we had the chip in the window fixed.  It only took 30 minutes and then we were back on the road.  We then visited a memorial for flight 111 that wend down in the bay due to a fire on board.

Next we visited a lovely little cove called "Peggy's Cove".  The story is that a young woman was saved from a sinking ship off shore.  She then fell in love with one of the locals and spent her life there.  She became known as "Peggy of the Cove" and that is how it got its name.  We had a free guided tour and learned some fun facts -  like the village store that was blown off its  foundation and into the bay.  They towns people then built a support system under it to keep it about the waves and it is still that way today. 

The guide also told us about a famous painter/sculptor, or lived at the cover.  Here is a picture of a mural he carved into the rock to commemorate the town people.  It shows their cycle of life from (right to left) work, bounty, to grace.