Day 13 – Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia

So yesterday, 7-29-2016, after ending our tour of Newfoundland and Labrador, we flew from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Halifax, Nova Scotia and by the time we landed, got our luggage and our car it was getting late and decided to get a room for the night.  Today we are headed along the coast heading to Peggy’s Cove.  Beginning our ride along the coast seems similar to that of Newfoundland.

As we enter Peggy’s Cove the surrounding country side is dotted with small ponds and there are many boulders both in and out of the water. 

We park in the visitor’s center and before heading down to the cove and lighthouse I happen along these lobster traps behind flowers. 

Walking down the road to the cove and lighthouse, we stopped for this view of Peggy’s Cove. 

A great view of the cove looking out to the sea with the boats at dock and lobster traps. 

There are so many great picture stops around the cove but we are on a time constraint so I’m seeing what I want and taking a quick picture of the scene, hoping that it will look good when I look at it later. 

The last fish shack and dock before leaving the cove.  You can see the cove entrance is fairly narrow with just enough space to bring a boat in. 

We reach the lighthouse and waiting until someone walked around the building I was able to get this great picture.  We are lucky because there is a tour coach parked in the lighthouse parking lot. 

We are lucky that there are not many people in front of and around the lighthouse.  I get a picture of Carmen in front of the lighthouse without many others around. 

Following the granite rock I happen to look back and find that more visitors are at the lighthouse then there was before.  You can see the rocks which are along the coast here and we continue to follow it further east. 

We get to a high spot on the granite rock and when we looked north and a little inland we can see all of these cairns.  Maybe we’ll leave the rock by way of these cairns to get a closer look.

Looking east along the rocks you can clearly see how far they continue.  You cannot see them, but just beyond our view is Clam Pond and Wreck Cove.  We will not go too far even though we do not have to meet a coach, we do have a distance to travel.

 

Beginning to make our way back to the car we do pass closer to the  markers and cairns people have erected to mark their passing.  Some are big, some small, and some made to represent people. 

As we are getting closer to the parking lot, I notice that another tour coach has arrived and then I look at the lighthouse.  Besides a bag pipe playing there are many people out and around the building; glad we came earlier.  

Of the cairns there are short ones, tall ones, and those like these that represent people.  Here we can see the lighthouse between a two of the rock people called Inukshuk.  I thought it made a good picture.

Making our way back to the car, Carmen stops for this view.  Once again you can see the lobster traps on the different docks.   

I took five pictures of the cove outlet and then stitched them together to make one picture and here is the result.  What a fantastic view the house on the right has. 

Leaving Peggy’s Cove I get a picture of St. Johns Anglican church.   

Back on the road heading south towards Yarmouth we pass places like Black Duck Cove, Upper and Lower Dung Cove, and French Village Harbour.  While each cove name changes we continue to see fish shacks at the water’s edge. 

There are many places with strange names and you wonder how the names came about.  Here we have a place named The Puddle.   

Shortly after passing Birchy Head on Rt 329 we see this Coast Guard helicopter pulling up a rescue basket.  We do not know if this is an actual rescue or a training exercise.

Just outside of Mahone Bay we spied this summer home.  How’d you like to have this place.  Check out the grill on the front porch!   

There were many cars turning to head into Lunenburg and decide to go over to Blue Rocks first.  Out on the Point Road we see several houses and Blue Rocks Island in the background. 

Looking west along the sheltered strip of water beside the island, you can see the docks and boats.   

More cairns on the rocks near the small sheltered cove as people mark their passage to this location. 

Back in the car we continue along the road to the points end.  Here you can rent kayaks to paddle around the Whynots Island and other smaller islands in the area. 

It would take a boat to get to this small shack on this island beyond the point, but there are three boats in the water already.

Besides the kayak rental building and the small ice cream parlor and restaurant there were a couple of houses, like these. 

Leaving The Point and driving by the Blue Rocks we spy a two mast sailing ship. 

We drive into Lunenburg we park on Pelham St after driving around once and then came upon someone leaving.  After getting out of the car and starting to head down to the water front we see this horse and buggy. 

Apparently besides the horse and buggy you can take a fire engine tour around town. 

Down on the docks is the museum and there are a number of boats.  This one is the Theresa E. Conner launched in 1938 Canada’s oldest saltbank schooner.  A saltbank boat would catch fish and then preserve the fish in salt. 

Although this boat is not part of the museum, I thought it was interesting that a boat this size would be here.   

After running around the city wharf we decided to walk around town to a couple of the old churches.  This is the inside of the Central United Church, the ceiling is built like an upside down ship’s hull and the buttresses have half of a ship’s wheel. 

While heading to the next church, we came across these hollyhocks.  I don’t remember seeing any of these on our trip to Newfoundland. 

Nearby was this flower which had unusual colors.  I think it is a mum type, but I’m not sure. 

Across the street from the next church, St. John’s Anglican Church of Canada was this different colored hollyhock.   

St. John’s Anglican Church of Canada, this church was founded in 1753; earlier then 13 colonies of the Americas won their independence.  

Inside the church, the stars on the blue background at the front of the church was completed in 1872 when the church was reconstructed.  It decorative stars represents the Lunenburg sky as it appeared at sunset on December 24, 1 B.C. on the eve of the birth of Christ. 

We were going to go to St. Andrews church, but it was closed and locked so we were heading back to the car when Carmen took a picture of this Corvette because she owned one just like it.  Can I take it for running out of time on the parking meter? 

Having stayed in Lunenburg long enough, we begin to head out of town and made a quick stop at the Lunenburg Academy.  

It is getting late and decided to get on the main road south until reaching the turnoff for Seal Island Light Museum, which was closed because of the late time.   

So back on the main road and we are looking for a hotel.  Well there were no vacancies before or in Yarmouth so we continued and decided to stop at the Cape Saint Mary Lighthouse.  It is so impressive as other lighthouses, this one being always automatic. 

Looking out to sea you can see the high cliffs where the lighthouse is.  Not only that, but the sun is getting low towards the horizon, so we are back on our way. 

Stopping on the side of the road as the sun is setting behind the trees.   

Nearing Digby, we stopped again to get this afterglow from the sunset.  We still haven’t found a vacant room until we got to Digby and even then it was a room that was just remodeled and hadn’t been released for rent yet.  After calling all around and finding no vacancies, she rented it to us.  Why no rooms?  It is a Canadian national holiday.