Had a good night and a relaxed morning with a late start for Peggy’s Cove.

The cold, windy weather could not deter me from enjoying this iconic lighthouse set on sheer granite.

(note the population count!)

I sent some postcards from there since getting mail stamped with the Peggy’s Cove postmark is a bit of a tourist ‘must.’

Next, we visited the Swissair Flight 111 Memorial. Heartbreaking. I used to work with some of the investigators who were assigned that case, have seen pictures, read reports, etc. It made being there all the much harder because the victims aren’t just faceless names.

Our next stop was Lunenberg, with a stop in Chester for lunch. By the time we hit Lunenberg, cold wind had turned to icy wind with wet snow, so neither one of us was motivated to walk around town. I’d been looking forward to finally seeing the Bluenose, but it was shut up tight for the season. Bummer! We went back to the car, drove around the village a bit to take in the gorgeous houses, then headed back home in the first snowfall of the year.

Dinner was shrimp, bought fresh from a store near Julie’s, and pasta. We watched a movie and had an early night.