HALIFAX

It was a foggy, rainy day, until late afternoon when we returned to the motor home. The drive into Halifax was about an hour on the expressway. Once we entered the city, the GPS in the jeep became very useful, as the downtown streets are narrow, and many are one way. We made our way to the harbor area, and our main goal was to visit the Maritime Museum. It was OK, but after the outstanding Maritime Museum in Astoria, OR, I think any future ones will be anti-
climatic. The ship in the background with Patty, is part of the museum, and tied to the dock adjacent to where occasional cruise ships park for the day. We walked around the downtown waterfront area, and even located a full blown casino, a few blocks from the museum. Due to the fact it was a heavy fog, or light rain, we didn't venture too far from where we parked the jeep. It was nice to see some of the old buildings, and the activity at the heart of the city, but I was ready to leave after a few hours. On the drive back, once we were out of the city, I ventured off the expressway, and took Hwy 1 most of the way back. We passed through a few small towns, and for me, these small towns provide some of the most interesting scenery. In Windsor, where there were several large murals, including the one pictured, I stopped at Scotia Bank, and exchanged US currency $1.06, for Canadian $1.00. I also filled up the jeep for the first time in Canada, and when you convert liters to gallons, and Canadian to US $, the breakdown per gallon of regular gasoline was $3.80 per gallon. We had previously filled up the motor home in Nova Scotia, and it converted to $3.51 per gallon of diesel. A little more expensive for fuel in Canada, and similar to the last year (07) we drove through British Columbia on our way to Alaska. The blue sign is posted about 2 miles from our RV park, and is on the original land that the Acadians reclaimed from the Tidal Flats. Today, we move from this park to another one near the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick border, where we will be a few miles from the bridge to Prince Edward Island.