Aug 27th
Got up around 9:30 and had another leisurely breakfast. Then we headed down to Alderney Landing on the Dartmouth waterfront to get some nice views of Halifax...
...and drove through downtown Halifax, destination...
...the Public Gardens. Beautiful gardens, in the center of the city over 150 years old.
These gardens suffered terribly due to Hurricane Juan, losing countless century old majestic trees. Thankfully to a very concentrated and energetic volunteer force the gardens have recovered, and a new gate and fountain were just inaugurated and dedicated to the volunteers...
From the Gardens, we took a longer then expected drive to Peggy's Cove (this was to prove to be one of many many many inconvenient drives due to highway construction. What should have taken only 45 minutes took over 90 minutes!!! A 5 minute stretch was 30 minutes alone!)
We stopped off at Shad Bay to take a few pics...
And finally we were at our MAIN destination...
We were here back in Dec of 2005 But as Didier said... "The ocean water was freezing!!!" so that was a brief visit! This time however we took our time. We walked around the rocks, took a few pics...
Then went into the Sou'Wester Restaurant for Chowder, Crab Cakes, and Gingerbread.
After filling our bellies we walked around the village took some more pics...
And then ended up back on the rocks to watch the tide come in...
After 3 and a 1/2 hours we decided to call it a day and headed back home.
Mom and Dad prepared Fish Cakes and then after dinner Didier and I went down to Lawrencetown Beach to watch the waves and look at the full moon. There was a guy practicing his Fire Spinning... here's some video but I'm afraid the quality is a bit low... (HEY! it was dark ya know! Trust me we could see a lot better... The sound is nice tho... heh)
We then took a little walk on the beach, passed a few families and I wrote in the sand...
All in all, another wonderful day!
