First day of adventuring - Halifax!

Today feels like the first real day of our adventure as up to now we’ve been transiting or sorting logistics, but today is about exploring . We awake in our first “boon docking” spot in Halifax, a British established city from 1749 (Edward Cornwallis.  It’s another mizzly cold start to the day so we head straight to the Discovery Centre - amazing place for kids a bit like the science museum with zones on the ocean and water cycle, flight, energy and the body.  Alex even gets to build his own roller coaster and he loved the flight sims and the experiments with aerodynamics and pressure (definitely our child 🤣).  We then braved the boardwalk which is magnificent and nearly 4km long. It’s dotted with lovely coloured chairs to sit and chill and statues celebrating the maritime history of which there is lots here!The one that most caught our attention was the one of Samuel Cunard. In 1840, he founded the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company. Overtime, this became the Cunard Line. Cunard acquired the White Star Line (owner of Titanic) and Halifax is the place where most of the bodies from the Titanic are buried (cemeteries not on our visit list).

After messing about with science stuff our next port of call is to try the local dish of “poutines” which appeal to me as a northern lass - chips gravy and cheese curds and it’s seriously yummy especially as we’re cold and hungry and it’s hot stodgy and filling!

Onwards then and we find a weird blue tongue or is it a wave? Apparently you can’t be considered to be part of Halifax unless you’ve climbed it (and slid down it) despite the signs telling you not to which Alex loves!

We watch an old convoy escort from world war 2 (HMCS Sackville) return to her mooring and then potter the backstreets admiring the mix of old and new and especially the amazing murals and colourful clapperboard houses on the way up to the Citadel.  The Citadel has a guard at the entrance, dressed like a Scottish soldier complete with kilt - but with the wind and temperature we wondered if he had his thermals on under there! Cracking view from the Citadel where you can also see the Halifax narrows which is the tragic scene of where there was once the biggest explosion on earth (until the nuclear stuff). 2 vessels one carrying munitions collided and blasted the city with 2.9 ktons of force! Massive destruction like Hiroshima and 1900 people killed and 9000 injured in 1917.

After the climb and subsequent walk back to the boardwalk we sample the 2nd of Halifax legendary foods which is beaver tails!! These are deep fried flat pastries topped with naughtiness ours has Reese’s pieces, Nutella and smarties - it really was heart attack on a stick and totally yummy!!

Finishing our Halifax visit we arrive back to Wendy pack up and head on up to our first “boondockers welcome” site.  This is where people sign up offering space at their home for you to part up.  We head to Musquodoboit Harbour a sea inlet and hope for better weather! Apparently it’s been glorious for weeks and soon the sun will come back 😊