North Sydney, Nova Scotia - July 4, 2015

North Sydney, Nova Scotia - July 4, 2015

July 4, 2015

Happy Fourth of July – US Independence Day.  We really appreciate the fact that we have Independence, when we hear all that our ancestors sacrificed to achieve that status.  So many battles fought and so many lives lost.  God Bless the USA and Canada.   We are seeing so much history on this trip, it makes it all real.

We left Halifax today after a very busy few days.  There is a lot to see in a community.

We passed a town called Stewiacke, Nova Scotia.  Their claim to fame, is being half way between the North Pole and the Equator.  We couldn’t find the town on the Atlas.

The Alexander Graham Bell Historical Museum was a place they recommended to stop on our trip up to North Sydney, NS.  We think of Bell being the inventor of the telephone.  He was, however, interested in far more than that.  He had a fascination in flight, both planes and kites. 

The museum was a nice break in our longest day of driving since we have been on the tour.  We traveled 247 miles, which is about a 5 ½ drive.

When we got to the park, we didn’t even have to unhook our tow car.  Yippee.  We all got a pull thru site.  This is nice because we leave in the morning for the ferry to Newfoundland.

Fantasy Tours provided a Pizza Party, complete with Root Beer Floats.  It was a nice finish to a long day.  We went back to the coach after the party and were in bed by 8:15 pm.  No fireworks for this pair.