To catch you up on our travels, we have left Cape Breton Island, traveling south east to the other side of Halifax to a charming seaside town of Lunenburg. Steve had booked us a lovely B&B for two nights, as a treat for all of our camping, so we are staying in a very fine place within walking distance to the downtown of Lunenburg. After driving for 6 hours we arrived, settled in and headed into town for the beginning of our adventure, and what an adventure we had. Lunenburg is a brightly painted town set on a hill overlooking the inner harbor. After wandering around and treating ourselves to a beer and mussels, we headed down to the docks for picture taking and seeing what was up. We ended up taking a sunset cruise on a beautiful boat out into the harbors, a two hours cruise that evolved into a 2 1/2 hr cruise, getting back to the dock a bit after 9:00, but it couldn't have been a better evening, balmy, and the most beautiful sunset we have seen since we have been on our trip.
Today we wandered into town checking out Canadian and US dory races that we had just stumbled upon, then the art galleries ad shops. The afternoon was spent at the Fisheries Museum that was three floors of fish aquariums, the history of fishing in Nova Scotia, the stories of fishing, the captains, crew….whaling, storms, ship building, dory building, and on and on. I'm sure that even after spending three hours there we missed lots, there was so much to see, but we were tired and the place was going to be shutting up shortly. Walking back down to the piers we came across a wedding leaving out on a boat….one never knows what we will stumble on. Enjoy.
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