Halifax

 

Saturday afternoon, the 26th, we arrived at the Upper Sackville KOA which is about 15 miles inland from Halifax and really convenient. The pull-thrus are level gravel and we faced the woods. You are about a half mile from the freeway so there is some road noise but otherwise pretty quiet. Weather is still 68 for a high and you can see the absolute clear blue sky.

 



Sunday morning our first agenda item was to hit the Citadel above the city. This structure, like others in North America, is a massive and brilliantly engineered military structure. In the picture below the internal courtyard and parade field is several acres and surrounded by the walls which support dozens of large guns to support and defend the city below.  When you walked along the upper wall you look down upon the Halifax harbor. On the second floor of the main barrack building below is probably the best museum dedicated to the Canadian forces throughout their history that we have ever seen.

We were fortunate to arrive just in time to see a live fire demonstration by one of the Scottish Highlander interpreters. She fired off three rounds in the requisite one minute which was that required by the troops with this firearm in the late 1700's to early 1800's.

After the Citadel which is a must see in Halifax we ventured another two blocks down to the wharf area. Parking is easy and the boardwalk area is really well done. Below is the view of the skyline and just behind those buildings is the Citadel we were just at.

The Acadia is a historic scientific mapping ship you can tour as it contributed much to the accurate description of a lot of the coast of North America.

Needing a break from the history and uniqueness of this place we stopped on the boardwalk for a bit of nourishment.

Toward the end of the wharf area was a place called Stayner's Pub and Grill ... our kind of place. We first got two Stella Artois and above is the toast of the day, on a perfect day, with the harbor in the distance. On the menu was a dish with two "lightly fried" eggs over shaved grilled maple ham on a bed of small home fried potatoes, all covered in hollandaise sauce ... eggs benny but much better ... my choice. Jo-Anne had their chicken cordon bleu wrap which was also excellent with perfectly done chicken .... not too dry and creamy cheese and ham ... oh yes.

And after that you would think the old guys would go home for the nap ... nah ... off to Peggy's Cove.