Halifax–Peggy’s Cove

Tuesday, July 23 – Day 35

We left Cape Breton, under beautiful sun shine skies this morning, but by the time we got to Halifax the clouds and drizzle/rain had started…another experience getting setup in the rain.  We chose a camp ground about 20 minutes north of Halifax called the Woodhaven RV Park in Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia.  The Wi-Fi here seems to be fairly reliable. 

We had the best part of the afternoon remaining so we set out for Peggy’s Cove, which was only 43 km away.  Now, all the pictures that I’ve seen of Peggy’s cove show a bright sunny sky and a calm cove which clearly shows the reflections of the boats at dock in the harbour area.  Well here is the proof that it is not ALWAYS so picture perfect. We could just barely see the lighthousee through the driving rain, from the Sou’wester Restaurant.  Not quite a gale, but it almost turned my umbrella inside out a couple of times.

On our way we passed the memorial to Swissair Flight 111, which crashed near Peggy’s Cove in 1998, killing all 229 people aboard.  The cloud and rain just added to the somberness of the memorial.  The inscription on the left side of the picture reads, “In memory of the 229 men, women and children aboard Swissair Flight 111 who perished off these shores September 2, 1998.  They have been joined to the sea and the sky.  May they rest in peace.”  The face of the right side monument forms a sight line to the crash site and it reads, “In grateful recognition of all those who worked tirelessly to provide assistance in the recovery operations and comfort to the families and their friends during a time of distress.”  The people of Peggy’s Cove had opened up their homes to the families of the Swissair victims during the recovery operations.  It makes my complaints about the weather seem kind of trivial, now.