Tuesday, September 16
A good travel day and several stops as we worked our way to Lunenburg, where the main attraction is the Bluenose ll. We decided to spend two days touring the historic town and settled in at the Lunenburg Municipal RV Park. A great location on top of a hill and an easy walk to the harbour front.
(As you can tell, we gave up trying to update the blog as we went, since it was way too time consuming at the end of a busy day and usually not getting a good wi-fi connection. The rest of our trip will be updated from home).
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| An old Coast Guard ship that is being cut up for scrap. |
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| A small shed which was decorated wirh art work by local students in Sheet Harbour. |
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| Always fun to photograph the colourful boats and gear. |
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| Made a lunch stop at a train museum in Musquodoboit. |
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| A quick stop at Chester |
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| Hydrangea bushes were everywhere. |
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| A great location with a view at the Lunenburg Municipal RV Park. |
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| This young buck showed up at the campsite next to us. No fear. |
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| Did an evening walk to the harbourfront. |
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| The local rum distillery was closed, but we will certainly visit it tomorrow. |
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| Great to see the Bluenose ll. A lot of sailing history goes with the original ship. |
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| The wheel is covered as a new hydraulic steering system has to be installed. A continuing saga to get the ship ready to sail with passengers. They hope to have it ready for next year. |
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| An amazing amount of work has gone into this project. |
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| How many coats of marine varnish to get this glow? |
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| Everything was closed, so we are looking forward to exploring the busy town tomorrow. |
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| Wherever you go, there seems to be a steep hill. |
Wednesday, September 17
We spent a full day just walking and taking in the wonderful sights.
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| A memorial to those lost at sea. |
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| Early morning row. |
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| Still a very busy dory building shop. |
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| It looks worse than it was. Nothing became of the dark clouds. |
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| Volunteers at work |
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| Sailing tours were usually full |
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| Just a perfect wind to get a good sailing experience. |
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| Fin whale scull |
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We spent several hours in the Fisheries Museum, which is a must see
if you are there. Just an overwhelming amount of items and information
on the fishing and boating history there. The best we have seen. |
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| Large wood cod sculpture |
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| Fully equipped cod dory |
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| Model boat builders were showing their craftsmanship in building model replicas. |
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| Beautiful detail in this miniature cod fishing dory and fishermen |
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John St. A. proudly shows his Catspaw dinghy that too 400 hours to build.
When talking to him, I found out that he had a Cambridge connection.
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| Just amazing detail in the dinghy |
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| A model to depict the shipbuilding history of Lunenburg. |
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| The coveted racing trophy |
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| Sail loft equipment |
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| Rum running was a great business during the prohibition period. |
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| Time for lunch. We had a great spot on the balcony. |
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| Clam chowder lunch |
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| Just so much colour everywhere. |
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| Grace leaving a comment after sampling the goods. |
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| Where do I get one of these? |
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| It was an active harbour with sailing boats weaving in and out of the boats on a mooring. |
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| Time for happy hour |
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| Yes, they were good |
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| Were able to watch boats from the restaurant while having a cold one. |
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| One last photo with the Bluenose ll before heading back to PeeWee. What a full day it was. |
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