We decided to take advantage of the perfect weather today to tour Halifax, leaving the museums and other indoor activities for tomorrow. Hanna is forecast to hit Nova Scotia Sunday so conditions will probably change in a hury here.
Our first stop was just down the road to see the memorial to the passengers and crew of Swissair Flight 111. The memorial was decorated with fresh flowers and children's stuffed animals left from services held Monday to observe the 10 year anniversary of the tragedy.
About two miles down the Bay is the Peggy's Cove Lighthouse and the village itself. We made a quick stop but decided to come back tomorrow when we will have more time.
The 40 minute drive into Halifax passes many of the small hamlets along the coast here and we met several tour buses bringing cruise ship passengers out to Peggy's Cove. When we arrived at the Halifax waterfront we signed up for a double-decker bus tour of Halifax and went to lunch.
The tour took us around the city that claims a lot of firsts and then up to the Citadel, the fort completed by the British in 1856 to protect Halifax from a land attack.
We arrived just in time to watch the hourly changing of the guard as well as touring the battlements and gun emplacements.
While touring the 150 year-old military facility we were treated to a slightly more modern military display as the RCAF Snow Birds demonstration team did a low pass overhead promoting the Air Show this weekend.
The tour also included a stop at one of the three local cemeteries where victims of the Titanic are interred. Halifax became the recovery operation center for the Titanic disaster and there is a lot of information of that event here.
After dinner on the waterfront we stopped at Costco and then headed back to the m/h.
By the time we got back to Peggy's Cove fog was moving in off Margarets Bay and has now enveloped the entire area.
We decided to take advantage of the perfect weather today to tour Halifax, leaving the museums and other indoor activities for tomorrow. Hanna is forecast to hit Nova Scotia Sunday so conditions will probably change in a hury here.
Our first stop was just down the road to see the memorial to the passengers and crew of Swissair Flight 111. The memorial was decorated with fresh flowers and children's stuffed animals left from services held Monday to observe the 10 year anniversary of the tragedy.
About two miles down the Bay is the Peggy's Cove Lighthouse and the village itself. We made a quick stop but decided to come back tomorrow when we will have more time.
The 40 minute drive into Halifax passes many of the small hamlets along the coast here and we met several tour buses bringing cruise ship passengers out to Peggy's Cove. When we arrived at the Halifax waterfront we signed up for a double-decker bus tour of Halifax and went to lunch.
The tour took us around the city that claims a lot of firsts and then up to the Citadel, the fort completed by the British in 1856 to protect Halifax from a land attack. 
We arrived just in time to watch the hourly changing of the guard as well as touring the battlements and gun emplacements.
While touring the 150 year-old military facility we were treated to a slightly more modern military display as the RCAF Snow Birds demonstration team did a low pass overhead promoting the Air Show this weekend.
The tour also included a stop at one of the three local cemeteries where victims of the Titanic are interred. Halifax became the recovery operation center for the Titanic disaster and there is a lot of information of that event here.
After dinner on the waterfront we stopped at Costco and then headed back to the m/h.
By the time we got back to Peggy's Cove fog was moving in off Margarets Bay and has now enveloped the entire area.
