July 4th - Lunenberg and Peggy's Cove

On US Independence Day we set out during the fog to go to Lunenberg. The sky was blue by the time we got to Lunenberg. Carter wanted to go whale watching so we went on a "No Whales in Sight" Tour (erroneously billed as a "Whale Watching" Tour).

We were given a tour or the harbour and learned all about the defunct fishing industry and were shown some caves.

 Then it was out of the harbour into the fog where we cruised around for three hours looking for whales. 

We did see seals.

They also pointed out harbour porpoises, but I didn't spot them.

After the tour we roamed around the town and had lunch at "Subway".  We went to visit the place where the Bluenose II is being rebuilt.  Sue-anne, Carter and I donned our hard hats and glasses and went to watch the builder pound a few nails.

Leaving Lunenberg behind we visited Peggy's Cove.

Peggy's Cove is covered with rock and Langley and Carter had a great time climbing on the rocks.  There were several tour buses when we were there, but there was enough rock for everyone.

Someone did a great job of carving on some of the rock.

All in all it seemed to be a great day.