Thursday, May 18, 2017
Monday
Good Morning! Today we arrived in Cape Breton where we started our day in Baddeck, Nova Scotia! Baddeck is home to Alexander Graham Bell. The museum was a real inspiration to those inventors out there, a real peoples man who cared about the betterment of mankind. I never realized that his biggest dream was to be able to fly. After inventing the telephone he went on to design and build some of the first successful flying machines. You can read more about it here if you are interested:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/silver-dart-dawn-of-flight-in-canada-feature/
Near the end of the day we reached the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Cooper and I decided to wait it out here for the night.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/silver-dart-dawn-of-flight-in-canada-feature/
Near the end of the day we reached the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Cooper and I decided to wait it out here for the night.
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Sunday Mothers Day
Waking up over looking the sea is an experience
in itself, with the sounds of the waves and the sea shore birds flying overhead
waiting for the tide to leave, to redeem there bounty from the sea.
It's very windy today,and time to continue on our route.
It's off to Halifax.
Alexander Keith brewery, yes sounds inviting doesn't it?
This was just another stop well worth it's time to experience.
They have done a fabulous job renovating the old buildings and combining them by adding a roof to make all the buildings seem like a small covered town trapped in its own time.
Melkie and I did the tour of the brewery, learning a lot about Alexander Keith and how they made beer back then and now.
The staff there were very pleasant, they sang old songs and put on a pleasant show, along with offerings of the different types of beer offered by Alexander Keith. They mentioned that this was the first time that they had ever served beer on tap into two dog bowls.....
Hey a dog has got to drink too.
After the tour we decided to head up the middle away from the coast a little to get out of the high winds we we're experiencing.
It's off towards Cape Breton.
It's very windy today,and time to continue on our route.
It's off to Halifax.
Alexander Keith brewery, yes sounds inviting doesn't it?
This was just another stop well worth it's time to experience.
They have done a fabulous job renovating the old buildings and combining them by adding a roof to make all the buildings seem like a small covered town trapped in its own time.
Melkie and I did the tour of the brewery, learning a lot about Alexander Keith and how they made beer back then and now.
The staff there were very pleasant, they sang old songs and put on a pleasant show, along with offerings of the different types of beer offered by Alexander Keith. They mentioned that this was the first time that they had ever served beer on tap into two dog bowls.....
Hey a dog has got to drink too.
After the tour we decided to head up the middle away from the coast a little to get out of the high winds we we're experiencing.
It's off towards Cape Breton.
Saturday
Good morning Chester,
It is a beautiful sunny morning, and we are off along the coast again.
Our first stop on the tour was Lunnenburg, a wonderful town, that has been and is till working on restoring all of its historical buildings to its original appearance as it was back in the late 1700's.
Amazing, almost like walking through a movie set, but yet all the people were going about their regular daily routines.
From there it was off to Mahone's Bay. We stopped here for a small tour through town and continued on to our destination , Peggy, s cove.
Peggy's Cove where the sea shore has been molded into smooth flowing mounds of limestone,with a lighthouse standing tall amongst it all.
Many artists from all around the coastal region come here. To try and recapture the beauty of the cove on canvas.
Peggy's Cove, Cooper thought it was named after a women, but actually the story goes like this.
Margret, was a young women who had been ship wrecked in the area.
She had been rescued by some of the local fisherman.
Margret ended up falling in love with one of the men that rescued her.
The man that she fell in love with had the nick name, Peggy.
So there you have a little lesson on Peggy's Cove.
It is so peaceful here that we have decided to stay the night over looking the cove over the ocean, with the sun setting and the full moon rising, everything seems to be all in order and it is time to reflect.
It's a dogs life.....
It is a beautiful sunny morning, and we are off along the coast again.
Our first stop on the tour was Lunnenburg, a wonderful town, that has been and is till working on restoring all of its historical buildings to its original appearance as it was back in the late 1700's.
Amazing, almost like walking through a movie set, but yet all the people were going about their regular daily routines.
From there it was off to Mahone's Bay. We stopped here for a small tour through town and continued on to our destination , Peggy, s cove.
Peggy's Cove where the sea shore has been molded into smooth flowing mounds of limestone,with a lighthouse standing tall amongst it all.
Many artists from all around the coastal region come here. To try and recapture the beauty of the cove on canvas.
Peggy's Cove, Cooper thought it was named after a women, but actually the story goes like this.
Margret, was a young women who had been ship wrecked in the area.
She had been rescued by some of the local fisherman.
Margret ended up falling in love with one of the men that rescued her.
The man that she fell in love with had the nick name, Peggy.
So there you have a little lesson on Peggy's Cove.
It is so peaceful here that we have decided to stay the night over looking the cove over the ocean, with the sun setting and the full moon rising, everything seems to be all in order and it is time to reflect.
It's a dogs life.....
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