The Gale's Adventures Across Canada: Day 31- July 27 Halifax

Day 31- July 27 Halifax

Darby and I started the day by going to St. Marguierie Bourgeoys church just down the road for mass. The priest had a good sense of humor and it was a nice little church. After church we stopped at Edible Matters for a tea and muffin. I was able to get a gluten free muffin! There seems to be more gluten free items in the maritimes including pizza places such as Grecos.

Got back to camp, loaded up our bikes and drove to Point Pleasant Park for a ride. We biked around for 2 hours stopping at memorial statues and battery shelters. We also saw the Prince of Wales Martello Tower which was used for protection during the war. It was a beautiful sunny day for a bike ride.

Stopped at the Prince of Wales Martello Tower

That's one heavy chain

We put the bikes back on the carrier and drove to the Halifax Seaport Farmers Market to walk around the vendors of art, fresh veggies and food. We decided to have lobster rolls and salad for lunch. I also found gluten free desserts and bread here as well. By the time we were done the clouds rolled in and poured.

Even Theodore tug boat got in the photo

We walked along Lower Water St. and the waterfront after lunch. We saw lots of boats and ships at the docks.

One of the many boats

We took an amphibious tour of Halifax aboard the Harbour Hopper. For one hour we listened to facts on the city and the sea. We drove past St. Paul's Church, Citadel Hill, Grand Parade Square, Public Gardens, Government House, City Hall, the Clock Tower, Museum of Atlantic, Halifax's naval fleet and St. George's Island. It was fun splashing into the harbour water and transforming into a boat.

Citadel Hill

The Citadel on the Hill was amazing with it's 8 pointed star shape and moat type feature to make it a very strong fortification. It was built in 1857 and has never been attacked.

The Museum of Atlantic has lots of Titanic artifacts as the Titanic sunk 700 nautical miles off NS coast. There are 121 victims, most of them unidentified, buried here. We heard the history of the Halifax Explosion that happened by accident when two ships collided in the fog on Dec. 6, 1917. One of the ships was a munitions ship which exploded killing more than 2000 people and leveling the north end of the city. They said they found the ship Mont Blanc's anchor 5 km away on shore.