I spent the day in more 'relaxing' activities. Although I did walk the full length of the Harbourfront Boardwalk at least twice. I did some souvenir shopping, actually, most of my shopping. Early in the day I stopped at the Four Winds Charter office and booked myself onto a Whale Watch tour for the evening.
Then I strolled to the HMCS Sackville and took a self-guided tour. It is the last reamaining vessel of the Wartime Canadian Naval Corvette (circa 1944) which defended the North Atlantic waters and escorted missions to and from Europe during WWII. It is the official National Canadian Naval Memorial. It is operated as a Naval Museum by a non-profit organisation. I was told that it is getting too expensive to keep it in repairs & maintenance and may have to be taken out of the water soon. Yes, it is kept in the Halifax harbour at Sackville Landing. For more details http://www.hmcssackville-cnmt.ns.ca/ . I was touring around for quite a long time. It occurred to me that my Uncle Valmore Leblanc (deceased) could have served on one of the Corvettes during his naval service. It gave the ship a different feel for me to think of it. I got lots of photos which will get loaded onto this blog soon (I hope).
I returned to the residence to take a much needed nap and have some supper before heading back down to the harbour to hop onto the Whale Watch tour. No whale sightings but there were several seals. The sunset was stunning though and it was nice to get on on the water again. Breathing that fresh sea air was good for my soul. I really miss the ocean. I was back to my room by 9:30 and after a shower I fell into bed with my book and read myself to sleep.
Enough for tonight. Speaking of sleep I need some now... desperately.
Posted by gailene at August 30, 2005 11:09 PM