Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia - June 29 - June 30, 2015

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia - June 29 - June 30, 2015

June 29, 2015

The morning started with a drivers meeting at 8:30.   We got all of the information for the trip to Peggy’s Cove.   It is only a 61 mile drive, which should take 1 ½ hours.  We sure don’t have to rush, because the park does not want us in until between 12:00 and 2:00 pm.  They have another group arriving at 2:00 pm.  We finally left for the park at about 10:00 am, we had some time to kill, so we stopped at the Atlantic Superstore, to see what they had that was different from in the US.   We spent an hour and $140, so I guess we did well. 

We got to the park at about 1:00 pm.  It’s a good thing that we didn’t waste any more time, because the next tour group arrived at about 1:15 pm.  There was a huge bunch of coaches, but it is amazing how well the moved everyone around and got us all settled without any accidents or fights.  The area is rather close.  We originally thought that we would have a great view, but that didn’t last long as they pulled five coaches in front of us.  Oh well, at least it is a sunny day.

One of the first people that we met from the park was from British Columbia.  The next person that we met, was a Zephyr owner, from Florida.  He used to live in Bellingham and worked for the Bellingham Herald.  His deceased wife used to work for a bank in Bellingham.  Oh my, small world.

Even though we are going to Peggy’s Lighthouse tomorrow for lunch, we decided to check it out on our own.  It is a beautiful place.  Pictures attached.  There are several gift shops and busloads of people.  It was so windy, we didn’t linger. 

We continued on to the Swissair Flight 111 Memorial.  What a very sad event that happened on September 2, 1998.  A Swissair Flight had a fire in the cockpit and it crashed head first into the ocean just outside of Peggy’s Cove.  All 229 people on board were killed.  A man at the lighthouse told us that the nose of the plane hit bottom before the tail went into the water.   Wow.

Back to the coach for a quiet evening.

 

Peggy's Cove Lighthouse

View from Peggy's Cove
 



Peggy's Cove Lighthouse
 

Stan at Peggy's Cove Lighthouse



Bev at Peggy's Cove Lighthouse



Bev & Stan at Peggy's Lighthouse



Bev & Stan at Peggy's Lighthouse



Swissair Flight 111 Memorial



Stan at Swissair Flight 111 Memorial



Peggy's Cove Lighthouse from the Memorial
 

June 30, 2015

We woke up to a VERY foggy morning.  We could hardly see the lighthouse.  That was pretty disappointing, but luckily the fog lifted by about noon time.  We were glad that we had spent more time at the lighthouse yesterday.

The schedule today is to return to Peggy’s Cove for lunch at Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse.  We had a few choices.  Bev opted for a Lobster Roll and Stan ordered Haddock and chips.  We traded part of our lunch, so we got to taste it all.  Yummy.

Before we went to lunch, we had a group picture taken by the Lighthouse.  While we were wandering around, there was a Bag Piper performing for the crowd.  Bev was especially pleased, because he was playing yesterday, but stopped before she could take pictures.