Sunday, July 4, 2010

NOVA SCOTIA-SOUTH SHORE

The weather turned cold & rainy so we changed our plans and are now heading down Hwy 12 to South Shore.

Looking on the map we decided to drive down Hwy 329 around a small peninsula.

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BLANDFORD- Even in the mist the small coves were so pretty. We stopped at this lookout to

read the historical signs. It was a nice little spot, getting late and would ya know, it didn’t

say No parking. So yet another beautiful boondocking spot.

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BAYSWATER-A Memorial for all the passengers who lost their lives in the crash of the Swissair

Flight 111, that terrorist blew up over St. Margarets Bay.

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WALESBACK-Is on the other side of the bay. This is the second Memorial site for the Swissair Flight 111.

They were built to form a triangle. If you look out to sea straight along the sides of each Memorial it would

form the point of the triangle. This would be the spot the plane went down.

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PEGGY’S COVE-Traveling east along the South Shore drive towards Halifax is this must see town.

We were used to seeing  lots of vegetation so when we arrived here it was quite a surprise.

In my opinion it is just breathtaking.  Loved the ruggedness of the rocks. It’s a very small

village. As you enter there is a good sized visitor center with a  large parking lot. Here they give out walking maps through the village to

the lighthouse.

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WEST OF HALIFAX-A National Historic Site. York Redoubt guarding the entrance to Halifax Harbour

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