Origin: Clifty Cove Motel
Destination: Tessa Young, Woodill St.
Route
Description: Continued on the 333 to Peggy's Cove (2km) and then on to Halifax.
Little traffic early, head wind; heavy traffic nearing Halifax. Afternoon assists: Wide shoulder in Halifax, tail wind, and police inspection stop for all vehicles except us, slowing the traffic behind us.
Weather: Rain during the night; heavy morning fog lifting in afternoon; high humidity;
no rain until brief evening showers.
We headed out alone on the road at 8:00 in a dense fog which subdued the landscape details and gave us an unwarranted sense of ownership. Just north of the village of Peggy's Cove, we walked out across the Peggy's Cove Preservation area to see the second Swissair Memorial,
a solemn granite sculpture and tribute to the 229 who perished and to the Nova Scotia residents who aided in the recovery work and provided comfort to stricken families.
In Peggy's Cove, a tiny fishing village,
the fog nearly obscured the solitary, and heavily photographed lighthouse which sits on a huge slab of rock being crashed by the waves--a stunning setting.
Large warning signs to tourists mark the path to the lighthouse.
We then stopped to admire a large bas relief sculpture,
carved out of a granite wall by local artist, William deGarthe (now deceased), the Fishermen's Monument, commemorates the fishermen of the village. We were just leaving as two huge tour buses arrived.
In Hatchett Lake, Alisha and Norma, our heroes of the day,
arrived on their bicycles at a convenience store as we arrived on ours. When they heard we were looking for coffee, they recommended the Multi Cup Cafe " 3 to 4 cycling minutes up the road". They rescued us from what would have been our second coffeeless, no-place-to-sit, junk-food stop. Unlike Maritime adults, they most importantly know how to give directions in " bicycle minutes". Distances here are given in (auto) minutes which prove next to useless for a cyclist.
We are lodged in the North End of Halifix. The neighborhood initially struck us as marginal, but when we went out to find dinner, a kind man returning with his sons from the Commons, walked us a couple of blocks into a happening place: bicycle shops, bakeries, local produce stores and restaurants, micro breweries, meditation and massage centers and more.
We ate and drank at the Lion and Bright where 20 and 30 somethings congregate. On our way back we picked up a bottle of wine and a new bicycle computer and water bottle. Hey, we are at where-its-at.
Little traffic early, head wind; heavy traffic nearing Halifax. Afternoon assists: Wide shoulder in Halifax, tail wind, and police inspection stop for all vehicles except us, slowing the traffic behind us.
Weather: Rain during the night; heavy morning fog lifting in afternoon; high humidity;
no rain until brief evening showers.
We headed out alone on the road at 8:00 in a dense fog which subdued the landscape details and gave us an unwarranted sense of ownership. Just north of the village of Peggy's Cove, we walked out across the Peggy's Cove Preservation area to see the second Swissair Memorial,
In Peggy's Cove, a tiny fishing village,
We then stopped to admire a large bas relief sculpture,
In Hatchett Lake, Alisha and Norma, our heroes of the day,
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