July 30, 2010 - Day Trip to Lunenburg

Friday, July 30, 2010

A day trip to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.


View Peggy's Cove to Lunenburg in a larger map

Early sun behind the light

Pictures from this day are here.

Before our day trip to Lunenburg we headed to Peggy's Cove to explore it a bit more before the tour buses started showing up. The granite ledge that holds the lighthouse as well as the large restaurant and huge parking lot is massive. Trying to show the scale of the rock in a photograph is an exercise in futility, but that didn't stop me from trying. The sun was shining weakly through high, thin clouds and from just the right angle it created a halo around the top of the lighthouse.

Just up the road from Peggy's Cove, we stopped at the Swissair Flight 111 Memorial.

To get to Lunenburg, we took roads as close to the coastline as we could get. There are many, many quiet and picturesque bays and harbors and coves. Not the grand vistas of Cabot Trail around Cape Breton Island, instead we were treated to intimate postcard scenes around each bend in the road.

Lunenburg waterfront

Lunenburg has many houses and other buildings from the 1700s and early 1800s that are still in use today. Most of them are brightly painted in color schemes that we just don't see in the upper midwest. Lunenburg is a great town to get out of the car and just wander around the streets. Check out this fun website to explore these colorful buildings on an interactive map.

We had a great time taking pictures of  various houses and buildings. We got to only a small percentage of them.

Sunset at Peggy's Cove

Returning from Lunenburg, we stopped for dinner in the small community of Chester, Nova Scotia. On the recommendation of the proprietor of the Delish Deli and Cafe we dined at the Kiwi Cafe. Fred had to try the lobster spaghetti. He was glad he did.

We got back to Peggy's Cove in time to enjoy clear skies and a lovely sunset. A perfect end to the day.