This morning we headed out thinking it may be the first day that we have to contend with the rain. Our first stop was Lunenburg and it was raining off and on along highway 103 all the way there. We pulled into town and found a parking spot and almost as soon as we got out of the car the skies parted and the sun appeared. The houses in Lunenburg are very colourful.

We started off down on the piers.

Looking out into the harbour.

Looking back towards town.

We went back up to the car to ditch our jackets.

The Bluenose II was in dry dock and not in the water.

Even the boats are colourful.

One of the ships in port.

Buildings on King Street.

The Lunenburg Academy, built in 1895 for a cost of $30,000. I remember this place as the place where I first had sauerkraut on a hot dog. In 1976 (?) we came to Lunenburg to visit Auntie Patricia and we came here for some event and had lunch.

We took the scenic drive along highway 3 from Lunenburg to Peggys Cove, in Bayswater there is a memorial for the 1998 SwissAir crash.

On the Bayswater Beach.

Again we went through patches of rain on our drive, but when we got to Peggys Cove the sun was out.

Angela on the rocks.

When we got there the sun was out and it was clear.

We had a bite to eat and when we came out the fog had rolled in.

Even though there were lots of people around, if you waited long enough you could get a shot to make it look like you were the only ones there.

Claudia holding up the lighthouse.

Angela holding it up like a salt shaker.

The girls and I.

The girls fooling around for Gillian’s photo.

The lighthouse is in pretty bad shape. I read an article recently, that there is a group that would like to paint it, but they cannot get approval from the Government to do it. There is still some question as to the future of the lighthouse.

 

Through a lobster trap.

Peggys Cove has a lot of colour to it as well.

The same shot as the picture near the beginning.

We found a pirate cutout.

There are lots of floats hanging and laying around.