July 3rd - 4th - Truro, Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg

On July 3rd we stopped in Truro, Nova Scotia, to have lunch with our dear friends from Florida, Chris and Karl Webb.  Chris provided a great lunch and we really enjoyed Karl's homemade blueberry wine. It was so great visiting with them since they can longer come down to Florida for the winters. It was a picture perfect day after days of rain there they said. Here is a picture of the four of us and a picture of the Webbs and their dog, Duke, who wouldn't cooperate for the picture.

Now that Chris no longer comes to Florida I have to find a new rye whiskey drinking buddy down there. (Most men drink beer and most women drink wine.)

We celebrated the 4th of July by taking a road trip to Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg. Peggy's Cove is like nowhere else. We were there at low tide so the waves weren't crashing as high as other times we have been there but it is still magnificent. Here are a couple of pictures.

Here is a picture of Kelly and Kellen walking around on the rocks to get a different view.

Here is a picture of Kellen taking it all in way out way out on the rocks with the lighthouse in the distant background. I think he was impressed but he is twelve years old and it is hard to tell. He did enjoy climbing all over the rocks though.

We left Peggy's Cove, which was getting crowded with people and tour buses, and headed sixty miles away to Lunenburg. Lunenburg is a UNESCO Heritage Site and home of the "Bluenose 2", a sailing ship replica of the "Bluenose", the most famous ship in Canadian history. It was both a fishing and racing vessel in the 1920s and 1930s. A "bluenose" is a nickname for a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia. I am sure if you are here in the winter you would understand why they got that nickname. 

The town of Lunenburg sits on a hill along the harbor. It had quite a fishing industry at one time. It has retained all of its 18th century charm. All the houses and businesses are brightly colored, all kept as original as possible on the outside with clapboard siding, original facades, etc. The streets are all narrow so it is much easier to walk around than drive through.  Here is a picture of the oldest standing house. It was built around 1760!

It is hard to take pictures of the streets lined with multi-colored houses and buildings because you are right on top of them when walking around. A good view of the town is from across the way. Here is a picture.

We had lunch on the wharf. Kelly ordered mussels for an appetizer so Kellen could taste them. He ate one but declined any more. They were quite good and a treat for us.

Kellen had fish and chips, one of his favorites on this coastal trip. I had grilled Haddock, and Kelly had a bowl of fish chowder that was so large and chunky she couldn't eat it all. We brought what was left back to the RV for a meal for her later. You just can't get seafood like this in Missouri. It was 88 degrees in Lunenburg this afternoon. I was standing in a shady spot waiting for Kelly and Kellen to shop and a local guy said this was a crazy change after days of cool and rain. I don't know but I would think 88 degrees here is above normal.

When we got back to the campground I checked the oil level in the generator and it was full so I ran it for a while to see if I could find any oil leak. I did not. I will have to check into it more when I get home. It ran perfectly putting out better voltage than the campground.  We are at "King Neptune Campground". It is a hole but the only campground near Peggy's Cove. The electric voltage is low, the campsites are helter-skelter, the dump station is inaccessible for a rig our size, etc. When we got here it was quite crowded because an RV caravan was here. They pulled out yesterday so now this is our view.

This morning I broke out my shorts for the first time this trip since leaving the States. We are headed to Fredericton, New Brunswick, for a stop there before we head on to Cutler, Maine, to visit with Norb and Marilyn, another couple we know from Florida.