Sydney 1, Nova Scotia, Canada

HALIFAX

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

We spent the day in Halifax, knowing it would be the last time we would spend any time in the city. (I suppose I should never say never.) We went back to our familiar parking in the Casino where we can park for free. Today was rainy and cold.

 

Nevertheless, we spent a soggy day touring Halifax on the “hop on, hop off bus.” We spent a couple of hours at the Citadel learning about the part Canada played in wars around the world.

 

We also spent some time in one of the cemeteries where about 150 bodies from the Titanic are interred. There is also a Jewish and Catholic cemetery with other victims of the Titanic. Many people don’t realize the role Halifax played in receiving the bodies of those who did not survive the sinking of the Titanic.

It was very emotional for Peter – touching the headstones and reading those who had names instantly links you to a horrendous tragedy you’ve read about but have never touched until now.

 

 

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

We had company from out of town today(!)   Rose and Jim, who were neighbors at Capitaine Homard’s RV Park, in St. Flavie, Quebec will be coming to the park we are staying at now. We have not seen them for almost two months but have kept in contact. We made plans for dinner and had a great time catching up with each others travels.  It’s possible that we may be able to meet again in Montreal.  After dinner we went to their motor home and traded stories and details about our trips.  We are going where they came from and they are going to where we have been.

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Today we said good bye to Wayside RV Park near Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia. So far, Nova Scotia has been our favorite province. We have even entertained the idea of getting a larger trailer or 5^th wheel and parking it at Wayside and spending the summer there…Maybe someday, in the meantime there are many other places to see.

The ride to Sydney was uneventful.  This is a peaceful RV Park overlooking the river, with a walking trail overlooking the shore. There is a food truck on the grounds that sells hamburgers and of course poutine. We are trying to avoid eating out since we have heard rumors that you cannot cross the border with food. If that is true we have quite a bit of chicken and ground turkey in our freezer that we need to finish before we leave Canada.  You may have noticed the lack of recent pics of Peter and lobsters…  The last one he had was three weeks ago.

Friday, July 28, 2017

We spent the day in Sydney doing errands including going to the bank, filling up the gas tank, having lunch and spending time at one of our favorite hangouts – the library. We went to check out a video but didn’t find any that interested us.

Saturday, July 29. 2017

This morning we moved our trailer to a more out of the way site within the RV Park. The owner will give us a discount if we park at this location while we are in Newfoundland for a week. There is a RV caravan in the park with about twenty travel trailers, fifth wheels, coaches along with the vehicles they are towing.  The caravan is also boarding the ferry tomorrow.  Consequently we will be leaving about 8:45 for the 11:45 departure time.  The ferry terminal is only 5 minutes from this RV Park.

Sunday, July 30, 2017

We have been looking forward to spending time in Newfoundland – the land of Vikings, puffins, icebergs, whales, moose and screech.  We will spend nine days there. Tomorrow we spend 8 hours taking the ferry to Port aux Basques. We travel around the island and end up at Argentia. Here we will take a 16 hour (overnight) ferry back to Sydney. We will see what adventures await us in Newfoundland.

“The journey is my home.”       JY & PRC