Peggy's Cove and Other Stuff

It was a very early start this morning – we were up and out the door by 5:10 and then on our way to the airport to catch our flight to Haifax.  Couldn’t believe my luck – I saw a moose!  Not in time to get a picture…only in time to gasp as he was coming out of the trees and looked as if he was about to cross the highway … but he turned and went along the ditch right beside the road.  Think it was either a lady moose or a juvenile male.  Once my pulse got back to normal … I could truly appreciate the gift that I had seen.

Flight was only 1.5 hours and we must have flown using Einstein’s Theory of Relativity as we were in the air for 1.5 hours…but when we landed we had finally broken through the Newfoundland time barrier and are now only 4 hours ahead of BC instead of 4.5 hours.

 We had a lovely drive down the coast to Lunenburg.  We stopped at Peggy’s Cove and had a walk around to the lighthouse.  There’s a lot of rock there!  So Peggy’s Cove landed on the front pages not for its incredible beauty, but when on September 2, 1998 Swiss Air flight 111 crashed into the waters off the cove killing all 229 people on board. 



It was rather foggy today, so we didn’t get the great pictures we were hoping for but nothing can hinder the experience of being at one of the edges of the world….well because we couldn’t see that far – and the crashing waves – it seems like that!

We continued on our way around the coast loving all the little bays and coves each having their own little fishing villages.  The drive winds inland with lots of trees and looking more like a forest and then back to the water to another village.  It will be fun to poke around this area.

We arrived at our second B&B Arborview Inn and were welcomed by Cindy.  This old house was constructed in 1907 and is young by Lunenburg standards.  There are several houses that are 200 + years old.  The houses are quite Victorian looking and very well kept.  The town is picturesque with beautifully painted houses and manicured yards.  Evidently, this town is very empty come winter time.  I guess the weather can be extreme in this part of the world and no tourists would frequent during that time.  We were told that last year there were areas where the snow was as high as the phone lines on the poles.  Can’t even imagine what that would be like.

During our dinner in town, the fog rolled in and in minutes the temperature dropped several degrees.  It is a weird feeling to be in bright sunshine one minute and then everything has a grey pallor and feeling quite chilly.  There is a lot of inside seating in this B&B, so we headed back and relaxed in the parlour before heading to bed.