Halifax Harbour

Today we spent the day down at the Halifax Harbour. Our first order of business was trying to find parking for the RV in downtown Halifax, but we stumbled upon Pier 21. They had lots of parking for only $10 for the whole day.

Pier 21 is where all the immigrants from Europe came in by ship. They say that 1 in 5 Canadians today can trace back a relative that came to Canada through Pier 21. It is now a museum. It was our first stop and yes there was souvenier shops and yes we spent a bit more money.

From there you can walk along the Halifax Harbourway, which is long boardwalk along the water. We saw all kinds of ships. Canadian Navy ships, submarines, the tall ships, cruise ships and all kinds of sailboats and pleasure crafts.

We took the Theordore Tugboat tour of the harbour. It was alot of fun. We learned alot about the harbour and we toot tooted at all of Theordore's friends. I don't know if you all remember the kids show Theodore Tugboat, but my older ones used to love it. They even let the children be captain of Theodore for a brief moment. They got to sit in the captain's chair and even wear his hat. There are pics below of all of us on the back of Theodore and a few of the children in the captain's chair.

There is also a picture of the children and I standing on the boardwalk with George"s Island behind us with the lighthouse.

Tomorrow we hope to see the Maritime Museum and maybe the birthplace of Hockey in Windsor, NS. Zach had written an essay a while back on the beginnings of hockey and we thought it might be interesting to see the place he wrote about. It's only about 20 min. from the campground.

Nova Scotia is the last point eastward for us. So we will be doing the big U-turn back to the west in a couple of days! It has been exciting, but also a little exhausting. We miss our home and all of those back home. But we are very thankful for this opportunity and the blessing of seeing some family and friends we haven't seen for a long time. God had been very good to us and we are thankful for his tender mercies and loving kindnesses.