Monday, August 31
Experiences of the Day
Eager to explore Halifax, we arrived at the the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic just after it opened. There was a lot there, including "transparent storage" which is when the artifact storage is set up for visitor viewing (low lighting and glassed off storage areas. The museum was great and we learned about the Titanic: the boat, the rescue, how bags made of sail material were used to store the personal effects of the deceased, the aftermath, the people who lived and worked in Halifax, the under qualified Titanic captain, and how wood from the boat was carved into various items. We also got a brief lesson in Morse Code and learned about underwater archeology.
Next up was a stop at the
Art Museum of NS where we especially enjoyed two wonderful exhibits: Maud Lewis and Harold Cromwell. And, we loved the short animation film,
Little Thunder, which starred a Mi'kmaq petroglyph human.
Maud was a painter and her small home was dismantled and reassembled in the museum. She painted many of the surfaces, inside and out!
Harold inked his artwork and the display we saw consisted of his drawings of daily life as he had remembered them from the course of his lifetime. They were all drawn from memory.
After a wonderful morning of museums, we headed on our drive along the coast and made the obligatory stop at Peggys Cove.
Nova Scotia looks so much different than PEI. The granite reminds me of driving through Ontario some years back.
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| Deckchairs for First and Second class passengers. |
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| Underwater archaeology! |
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| Our Morse code instructors! |
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| The Maud Lewis home. |
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| Inkwork by Harold Cromwell. |
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| Mi'kmaq petroglyph human. |
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| Peggys Cove |
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Peggy's Point
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| Virtual Geocache photo! |
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Out for an evening walk — 7:53pm.
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| Lunenburg Waterfront |
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| No railings and the kid's picnic table is closest to the edge. |
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| Halifax to Lunenburg, 91.9 miles |
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| Walk at Peggys Cove, 1.6k |
Lodging: Lunenburg Airbnb
