Day 52 Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Distance 63.63 km. Time 3 hr. 46 min. Total so far 3706.12 km. Dave really debated whether we should go or not today as rain was forecast for the morning and evening. We decided to chance it and try to make it to Lunenburg. We finally started out at 10:30. We went off the main highway and onto Hwy. 331 . All the flowers and bushes are absolutely beautiful here-rose bushes, lupens, lilies, peonies and more. I also noticed that almost every third place is for sale. All the young people are moving away and the older ones can't keep up their places. At Vogler Cove, I took several photos of the water and wharfs and boats. Then we went up Cherry Hill and got a nice view of the countryside around us. At Broad Cove there was a beautiful house way up on a hill owned by someone from Ontario. Lunch time brought us to a little store in Petite Riviere where we chatted with Wayne, a former lobster fisherman turned carpenter. At Crescent beach a side road looked like it went right out to an island and the small waves were hitting the shore. We cycled to LaHave where there is a cable ferry to the other side of the LaHave River. It was free for us. We saw 4 teen girls fishing from the dock there. After taking Indian Road which is a shortcut around a point of land, we finally made it to Lunenburg which is a world heritage site of a town built in 1753 by Mi'kmaq natives and Acadians. We went all through the hilly town with narrow streets and beautiful old houses (some built for sea captains) and made it to the visitor centre and campground. It was about 5 pm after we were all set up so I went off and did a walking tour along the ship repair yard, past a distillery, past several wharfs with boats, two tall ships, past many restaurants and inns, horse and buggy ride tours and old churches, the Lunenburg Academy (It is home to an elementary school and also to the international sailing school. This year their tall ship Concordia sank off the coast of Brazil but no one died. They have a new ship called the Caledonia and we saw the graduation ceremony of the students on the TV in the motel. They passed even though they sank. Unfortunately, the Fisheries museum was closed when I got there. I took lots of pictures and then went back to our tent home.
Wow, Lunenburg looks like a beautiful town! All the old houses and buildings are so lovely and striking. The fisherman's tribute was moving as well...looks like there are many, many names on it.
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