7/20/09
We were out the door by 8 a.m….very early morning for this crowd. They dropped me off downtown and I went to the oldest church in Canada; St. Paul’s, 1749. Beautiful old wood structure. I then walked over to City Hall before heading up to the Citadel; and I do mean up. It’s the highest point in Halifax. The view from there was awesome. Citadel Hill has served as the site of four different forts. The current fort took over 28 years to complete. This Citadel, finished in 1856, was intended to deter an overland assault on the city and dockyard. During two world wars the Citadel served as a sentinel on the home front and a symbol for those departing for overseas. In 1952 the Citadel was declared a national historic site, signaling the end of its proud military career. Down the hill was a lot easier and I met up with the rest of the group to view the parade of ships.
Our viewing stand was the deck behind Eric’s offices on the harbor. It started with sprays from the fireboats, followed by the Bluenose II. What we saw was magnificent with all the sails unfurled. We had to get on the road for a 5 ½ hour drive so we didn’t see it all but it was quite a site as we were leaving Halifax. We pulled into Sunset View campgrounds, Hawkshaw at 8:30 pm and fixed a quick pasta dinner. We shucked clean the 4 lobsters Eric gave us and had them as a side…3 tails left.
We were out the door by 8 a.m….very early morning for this crowd. They dropped me off downtown and I went to the oldest church in Canada; St. Paul’s, 1749. Beautiful old wood structure. I then walked over to City Hall before heading up to the Citadel; and I do mean up. It’s the highest point in Halifax. The view from there was awesome. Citadel Hill has served as the site of four different forts. The current fort took over 28 years to complete. This Citadel, finished in 1856, was intended to deter an overland assault on the city and dockyard. During two world wars the Citadel served as a sentinel on the home front and a symbol for those departing for overseas. In 1952 the Citadel was declared a national historic site, signaling the end of its proud military career. Down the hill was a lot easier and I met up with the rest of the group to view the parade of ships.
Our viewing stand was the deck behind Eric’s offices on the harbor. It started with sprays from the fireboats, followed by the Bluenose II. What we saw was magnificent with all the sails unfurled. We had to get on the road for a 5 ½ hour drive so we didn’t see it all but it was quite a site as we were leaving Halifax. We pulled into Sunset View campgrounds, Hawkshaw at 8:30 pm and fixed a quick pasta dinner. We shucked clean the 4 lobsters Eric gave us and had them as a side…3 tails left.
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