One of our first major stops with the Dingle Tower on the Northwest Arm. Not surprisingly, the tower was closed to the public (though we didn't learn about this until we made it to the front door of the tower). After our failed attempt to visit the Dingle Tower we made our way to Peggy's Cove, which appeared to be a small fishing/sea-based village not to far from Halifax.
One of the things that seems to capture people's attention in Peggy's Cove is the light tower (I have been told that for such signalling devices to be 'light houses' they need to be attached to houses). While the light tower was OK, there were some pretty neat rocks surrounding the lighthouse that were fun climb (one visitor found them so tempting that she made her way out even though she was reliant on a walker-type contraption). One of the other things about the light tower that I enjoyed was a sign affixed to one of the light tower's walls.
After walking around the rocks and admiring the light tower at Peggy's Cove we made our way to the gift shop and restaurant. Perhaps not surprisingly, both Neil and I were quite amused by the Cackleberry Preserves. Sophomoric humour strikes again.
Eventually we made it to the Annapolis Valley and Wolfville. While in the Valley we picked up some cider, apples, and bananas (apparently the bananas were much cheaper in the Valley that they are in town). We had dinner/late lunch at the Library Pub, a Wolfville landmark. As we were making our way back to Halifax it started to snow heavily. At times it almost looked like a Winter snowstorm.
Later, once we were back in Halifax, Greg and I decided to spend some time just walking around downtown Halifax. One of the things I suggested we see/do was take the elevator in the Aliant Building (it is located at the corner of Spring Garden and Barrington). What is great about these elevators is that they have windows that allow the riders to watch the city as they elevate. I turns out that by going from the first to nineteenth floor the perspective really changes quite dramatically. If you are interested feel free to check out the relatively low quality video I posted of one of our trips down (we took two back-to-back round trips).
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Just before Greg and Jeff made their way back to the airport we stopped at Cousins' (or maybe Cousin's), the right Cousins'. It turns out that the Cousins' I have been visiting for the past 18 months was not the same Cousins' that I visited with Greg and Jeff when I came here in 2005. I was again really pleased with this experience. Hopefully I will get to take Neil and Rebecca there in the not too distant future.
Of course there were casino visits and socializing (and a trip to Granite Brewery's new location), but I can't really think of many other major destinations that we visited while Greg and Jeff were in town. If it wasn't apparent from this post, it was both great to see Greg and Jeff, but also some of the tourist sites adjacent to Halifax that are almost inaccessible without a car.
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