Our view from the hotel room made up for some of our disappointment, with great views across the harbour.
I saw this barge with a crane being pushed very slowly by two tugs up the river.
Overnight, one cruise liner had docked and a second was being pushed up to the dock by a tug. I like the Canadian flag fluttering in the wind in the foreground.
We had our breakfast with Kenny and DeeAnne and said our farewells to them both as they were flying back to El Paso at noon. We left Halifax at about 10 am and headed due west for about 100kms before we came to the World Heritage Site of Lunenburg. It is the most wonderfully preserved fishing town with beautiful 18th and 19th century houses and churches.
The Fishermen's Memorial. The central stone had the names of dozens of boats that had been lost. The surrounding stones bore the names of the fishermen and sailors who had died.
Another example of a fine Lunenburg house.
One of the wonderful white-painted churches.
We had seen signs referring to the Bluenose II. We learned that it is a ship currently being restored. It is a very impressive project and will be completed in 2012. The original Bluenose schooner was sold to the West Indies Trading Company and sank in 1946. The Bluenose had participated in a series of races for the International Fishermen's Trophy and had beaten all contenders for 17 years.
A second Bluenose was built in 1963, but after many years fell into disrepair. The Government of Nova Scotia decided to have her restored and we saw the work being carried out in a large repair shed.
We left Lunenburg after about an hour and drove another 150kms across the peninsula to Digby where we were catching the ferry to New Brunswick at 4pm. We drove along lovely quiet country roads with virtually no traffic. We passed the 2,000 kms mark of the journey as this photo of the Garmin SatNav shows.
We arrived at the ferry terminal with a couple of hours to spare, so we drove along the coast to a bay called Gulliver's Cove, named after a famous pirate. It was a very pretty spot to spend half an hour.
We drove back to the terminal where we met up with Bob and Thelma who had left Halifax after us.
The terminal at Digby.
As we were waiting to load the vehicles, we saw this magnificent Newfoundland breed of dog being carried in one of the cars. The owner told us its name was Oliver.
We left at 4pm for the 3 hour journey across the Bay of Fundy to Saint John.
Gemma enjoying the lovely calm sea.
Bob and Thelma on the upper deck in bright afternoon sunshine.
Approaching New Brunswick.
Wendy had wanted to visit the centre of Saint John before driving the 100kms to St. Andrews where our hotel was located, but we were running late and it would be dark in the next hour, so we only saw the city from afar before driving due west towards the Canadian/US border.
The sun was setting as we neared St. Andrews.
We reached our hotel just after dark. Tomorrow we cross into Maine for our first night in the US in the Acadia National Park.
Tim, I bet you will never guess what the name of the breed of dog it... it's called a Newfoundland! Creative, huh? They're really beautiful dogs with wonderful personalities. We have 2 of them that are therapy dogs with Kaiser at the hospital. They require a lot of grooming and drool a bit, but otherwise, they're really wonderful dogs. Now how about that! I was able to teach you something!
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