I had high hopes for the Internet as I could actually upload a few pictures from yesterday into the blog, but then all went haywire. The pictures disappeared and there are disconnect messages. It is what it is!!
We arrived in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in darkness. We knew it would be but we had talked with our camp site hostess prior and she assured us it was fine that we just pull in, set up, and pay in the morning. We found a quaint restaurant still open for a quick bite.
We meandered through the narrow streets and colorful storefronts and head up the hill to the campground. Unfortunately, it is dark so we can't find our lot number! We break out the flashlight and discover we were looking in the upper lot and our site was in the lower one. Andrew is amazing at backing our truck around so we we had a perfect eastern view. We walked a little bit to the shower houses to take off some of the last few days' grunge :) and then crawled in. We woke up at 4:30 and the sky was just turning pink, and woke up again to view a sunrise at 5:30!! We then woke up again for good about 9:00. Cheryl walked up to pay and then attempted to upload the blog from yesterday. We were just too tired to mess with WiFi! Unfortunately the password didn't work so we had to go back up to the office. She couldn't get it to work either, so just gave us her password. The pictures still won't load; we are assuming the WiFi itself is limited to text or simple things and not pictures. :(
We packed up and parked down by the bay as that is where we were to meet our boat for the whale tour. We had lunch as it was later by now. The town is very quaint and colorful! The entire town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, sort of like the historic register. It has many art galleries and studios, craft stores, and such.
We caught our boat along with about 10 other passengers, and we saw gray and harbor seals, lots of birds, including a Razorbill Puffin, but no whales. But that is the way it is sometimes. It got pretty chilly on the boat even with a coat. One young thing boarded with shorts and a sleeveless top and was covered in goosebumps shortly after we took off. Another passenger happened to have an extra coat to save the day! It is always great to be on the water; the air is crisp, the water varies from gray to that amazing blue, waves wave and rush towards shore.
We saw an interesting cove that had caves formations. It is a property park that is owned by the Chapin family, as in Harry Chapin. Every year they have a huge music festival to celebrate all that is folk music. This year it is August 18, in case you need to know.
We took to the road to end our day at Peggy's Cove Lighthouse. There are many stories on how the name Peggy is associated with this cove! There are strict codes on developing this area to make sure it keeps its old time look and charm as a quaint and still very active fishing village! The lighthouse, established in 1868, stands in the middle of a really large rock outcropping.
We found a great campsite overlooking the ocean and then headed to a convenience store to grab some things to make for supper. We watched the sun set (!) and were stopped as we walked back to the truck. The gentlemen asked if we were from Maine (We were wearing our clearance rack Mt Washington Summit sweatshirts) and when we told him Indiana, he answered he was from Indiana, but we'd probably never heard of it since it was way in the south. So, he was born in between Bretzville and Ferdinand, (Recker farm) and was raised in Jasper!! That has never happened! Brian Eckerle in case anyone knows him. He graduated Jasper, went to Purdue, joined the Navy for 30 years and retired and is now working in Halifax helping Canada build ships!! He lived in Maryland and his wife has just one more year there before she retires from teaching and his son just started college. Talk about a small world!!!
Tomorrow we head to Halifax!
Nighty night. w
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