Today was a bit of a slow day, due to me. My company has an office in Halifax, and I couldn't come all this way without dropping in and going for lunch, which ended up taking most of the first part of the afternoon, only leaving a little bit of time for tourism. I also took the morning to get the oil changed in the van, since we've driven a long way since it was last changed.
So, after a nice visit and lunch with the Halifax crew, I returned home and we took off across the bridge. Our first stop was the Mont Blanc Anchor Site, which is just a small display of a piece of anchor that flew almost 4km inland from the Halifax explosion in 1917. Sandra wanted the kids to get a feel for how far it was, so she had them note when we got to the Halifax side of the bridge and then the time it took to drive all the way out to the anchor.
Then we drove down to Pier 21 and went through the museum there. The Pier 21 section of the museum was nice and the kids enjoyed going through it, but the newer immigration section of the museum was pretty meh. Lots of stuff about feelings and responses and not a lot of information - definitely not what I'm looking for in a museum.
It was raining slightly when we left, but it was rush hour, so I wanted to waste some time before we headed home. Point Pleasant Park is nearby and we drove over there, where there is a beach near the parking lot. Bradley enthusiastically jumped into the water and spent some time with Evan throwing rocks. The rain was pretty light, so we walked part of the way into the park, took in some of the sites there and then headed home for supper.
Tomorrow we leave Halifax and head out to Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg.
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