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15 October 2012
R. Linda:
We got a very late start and proceeded, in the driving rain, to motor into the Annapolis Valley. The area is touted to be one of beauty and vineyards, only we could hardly see it. As to the vineyard stops, we decided against it since we needed all our reflexes to drive. Also, we had to drive very slowly because visibility was not good, further setting our time back.
While Annapolis Royal was a blur, so was Digby, where the ferry is located. We pulled into Yarmouth for lunch and I will say there is a section of old Victorian homes that once were beautiful. Here and there is one restored to its original beauty, but most are shades of what they once were. One thing about Nova Scotia we could not help but notice, besides the sameness of the homes, most of them needed paint. Whether it is the weather or winter that reigns havoc or that there simply are not any paint stores, we have no clue. But it seemed like every little town we drove through had a section of former architectural beauties that it wasn't hard to imagine what they would look like spruced up.
The other thing we noticed was the wild apple trees that are everywhere. I told Tonya if we got stuck on a gravel or dirt road, we'd at least have food! She wasn't impressed.
At lunch, we discussed the driving situation. We had decided to take the coastal road starting in the southwest and follow it to Liverpool. We could change our dinner reservations at the inn to later, and we did. So, off the highway, we went to the Lighthouse Trail. After the first three lighthouses, the excitement wears off. It was, "There is another lighthouse, Gabe; you want to pull off and see it?" Answer: "I've seen enough up close, and from a distance, that's okay. Let's go on." Yup, so much for the lighthouse route, but we took it anyway.
Most of the lights we took a passing picture of, and we didn't bother driving to them (over the gravel roads), and the ones we did were, I think, a total of two. All through our trip, we had seen lighthouses, and we snapped photographs of most of them until we became so jaded we did not care. The saying after that very same question now became, "You've seen one, you've seen them all," or, "Been there, done that, literally got the tee-shirt."
Starting in no particular order, here are some lighthouses, some with names, most without.
15 October 2012
R. Linda:
We got a very late start and proceeded, in the driving rain, to motor into the Annapolis Valley. The area is touted to be one of beauty and vineyards, only we could hardly see it. As to the vineyard stops, we decided against it since we needed all our reflexes to drive. Also, we had to drive very slowly because visibility was not good, further setting our time back.
The other thing we noticed was the wild apple trees that are everywhere. I told Tonya if we got stuck on a gravel or dirt road, we'd at least have food! She wasn't impressed.
At lunch, we discussed the driving situation. We had decided to take the coastal road starting in the southwest and follow it to Liverpool. We could change our dinner reservations at the inn to later, and we did. So, off the highway, we went to the Lighthouse Trail. After the first three lighthouses, the excitement wears off. It was, "There is another lighthouse, Gabe; you want to pull off and see it?" Answer: "I've seen enough up close, and from a distance, that's okay. Let's go on." Yup, so much for the lighthouse route, but we took it anyway.
Most of the lights we took a passing picture of, and we didn't bother driving to them (over the gravel roads), and the ones we did were, I think, a total of two. All through our trip, we had seen lighthouses, and we snapped photographs of most of them until we became so jaded we did not care. The saying after that very same question now became, "You've seen one, you've seen them all," or, "Been there, done that, literally got the tee-shirt."
Starting in no particular order, here are some lighthouses, some with names, most without.
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| Pubnical Light - Pubnical |
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| Church Point - Church Point Light |
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| Gilbert's Cove Light |
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| Shelburne - Sandy Point Light in the pouring rain |
Peggy's Cove is the highlight and queen of the lighthouses. It IS spectacular. By the time we got to Peggy's Cove Light, we were done with lighthouses. We almost didn't go; we were knackered. But it was worth it, as you will see later. I think we got the most wonderful pictures of that light in particular, plus it is everything one thinks of when the word 'lighthouse' is mentioned.
Gabe
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Gabe
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