Sunday, September 14
Back on the mainland and ready to explore Nova Scotia.
(Still way too far behind on the blog, so it will be updated when we get a chance).
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| Don and Carol G., from New Hamburg, Ontario. We met this very nice couple at a campground in Newfoundland and just happened to meet them again on the ferry from Newfoundland. We then spent the night together in a Sydney Walmart. |
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| Woke to a rainy morning. |
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| Ready to learn the history of miners at the Miners Museum in Glace Bay. |
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| All the coal mined here came from plants when this continent was still joined to Africa. |
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| A great museum |
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| A tough and dangerous life |
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| Coal cart |
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| Ready to go underground |
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| Our tour guide Eric, had over 30 years experience in the mine. |
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| Posing in front of coal still in the mine. |
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| All the tunnels were so low that it was impossible to stand up straight. |
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| Eric shows how coal was extracted using an air compressed jack. |
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| Years ago when the mine was active, a German miner started an underground garden like this one. |
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| The company store was known as a Pluck Me Store, because of how the owners took advantage of the miners. |
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The afternoon drive took us to Louisbourg where the lighthouse
wasn't the main attraction, but the waves were. |
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| Notice man taking photo on right. Massive waves broke along the shore. |
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| The power of the waves was just astounding. |
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| Almost too close, surprisingly Grace didn't get wet. |
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| A pasta supper with a view, second to none, at this location, was just super. |
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