3 Gals and a Guy

August 25, 2019 – Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia

**Long post with lots of pics. Best viewed on our website – rickandnancyadventures.com

First thing this morning,I checked Alice’s underside for leaks…..there are no signs of water. We used the sinks and shower so those must be ok. We think water is either leaking in when I pull in the slides with water on top of them, or when it rains….. We’ll keep after it until we find the problem…

It was a great weather day for our short road trip to one of the most visited areas in Nova Scotia…..the Peggy’s Cove Coastal Region. The coastline in this area is absolutely, and famously, spectacular. But honestly, we have not seen any coastal area in Nova Scotia that wasn’t spectacular. Our plan called for us to visit Peggy’s Cove, Polly’s Cove, St. Margarets Bay (3 gals), and the Alexander Keith Brewery in Halifax (the guy). The first place we stopped was the memorial for Swissair Flt. 111 and the 229 passengers and crew that died about 5 miles off the coast on Peggy’s Cove on Sept. 2, 1998. It was a nice memorial and a lot of people were stopping to see it.

Next we went to Peggy’s Cove, which is a tiny fishing village nestled into a cove along a very rocky coastline. Part of the cove was actually created with dynamite…..but you’ll have to visit Peggy to get that story. The village itself is very small. There’s Peggy’s lighthouse, a few houses and dock buildings (that by the way are built on top of solid rock!), some gift shops, a church, 2-3 places to eat, and a lot of solid rock. I continue to be amazed at how plant life has managed to evolve in in and around all of this rock. It’s just another example of how life adapts over time to grow in all types of environments. And even though it’s still peak tourist season, none of the places we drove or hiked to were uncomfortably crowded.

Then oldest building in Peggy’s Cove……built in 1812

We walked all over the village area, took some pictures, and then picked out a 2 lb lobster from a live storage cooler and cooked him up for lunch. This was the closest thing we have experienced in terms of a roadside lobster stand, and it was a lot of fun. But I think we have officially missed the days of the $5 lobster rolls! But we both agreed this was the best tasting lobster we have had on this trip. And the people running the stand were great.

This gentle giant is a lot bigger than he looks in a picture…..he weighs 180 lbs!. His feet were huge.

Next, we drove up the road and hiked into Polly’s Cove. It was only a couple miles but the coast was even more stunning then Peggy’s Cove. And the hiking was fairly easy since you were mainly walking on solid rock.

I am reminded that pictures can’t do a great scene justice…..

Next we headed back into Halifax to re-visit the waterfront and drop by one of the oldest breweries in North America, Alexander Keiths. We went to the brewery first and were a little disappointed.It looked like such a cool old stone building from the outside, but it turned they only had a small section in the larger building. Still, we split a beer on the patio and then went to walk around the waterfront. There’s lots to see.

There was an incredible sailboat parked along the water……the masts were as high as any I have ever seen on a sailboat. The keel must be heavy and deep! She was magnificent!!