Peggy's Cove

Peggy's Cove Lighthouse as fog was rolling in

Peggy's Cove!  One of the most famous coves in the country, and probably one of the most photographed and painted.  Even though we were there with many many people, it is a stunning place.  There are 35 people who live here full time, and tour buses and cars coming in and out all day, every day.  We took lots of photos too, so will share a few with you.  The coastline here is solid granite.  They showed a polished piece of it in the visitors centre and I swear that is what is on our kitchen counter.  Who knew!  The trees are sparse, and stunted, so you know they get some wicked weather here. 

 

 

 

 

We had lunch at the Sou'wester Restaurant in Peggy's Cove and they had some statistics on the place mat that I thought were interesting.  Nova Scotia is 175 miles long and 60 to 100 miles wide, and has 4,625 miles of coastline!  The thing that is different between the coastline in NS verses BC, is that it is ALL accessible by car!  you can drive most of that 4,000 odd miles.  There are also a lot more lakes than I realized.  You seem to be passing water every couple of miles.  Then you go uphill and there is another lake.  Then you go down, and, you guessed it, there is another lake.  So, when I said you could spend all summer in Nova Scotia, I wasn't kidding, and you still would not see it all. 

 

 

We then drove back to Halifax to see more.  We went to the Public Garden.  It is a great park near downtown with lots of flowers and fountains, benches and a great gazebo where they have music in the park.  There was no one playing when we were there, but it would be great. 

 

Chris is not well, he has a nasty cough and sinus cold, so we did not want to go in a tour bus or anything, others would not be impressed, so we headed home and had a quiet evening to get this boy better.  He says he doesn't feel bad, but he sounds bad. 

 

Today we drove to Amherst, Nova Scotia and met our friends Greg and Raye from Peachland.  They are here on holidays as well.  We will hang out here until Chris is a little less contagious, it is a nice park and the weather is perfect.  It's Blueberry Festival this weekend, so we should be able to find some things to do.  We will keep you posted.