Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia

In April 2019 I decided to accompany my wife Kathy on a business trip she organized to Nova Scotia. Once we started to plan We agreed it would be awesome to book a B&B in Peggy’s Cove. We have both been to Peggy’s Cove but we have never had the opportunity to actually stay there overnight. We knew it was off-season and we knew it was going to be cool and maybe rainy but we also knew we could avoid the crowds that descend on the place in the summer. Oh, the wonderful life of not being constrained by the school system! Summer was the only time we could ever go there in the past and the idea of avoiding crowds always appeals to Kathy and me. We both enjoy driving so we hopped in the car and away we went. For a change, we decided to take the U.S. route through New York, Massachusetts, and Maine. A route we haven’t driven for many years. All the photo credit must go to my wife Kathy Gordon. Check out her website.

After a long day of driving, we finally arrived at Peggy’s Cove B&B. Mark the owner was there to greet us and he had our room ready for us. We were the only people there as it was the low season and he had just opened up for 2019. So we had the common sitting area to ourselves. It was a really nice room with our own private ensuite bathroom.

We woke to a foggy morning but Mark had an amazing breakfast ready for us.

We figured that the weather would eventually clear so off we went. We stopped at a memorial for Swissair Flight 111. This was an airline tragedy where 229 people died in an airliner crash off the coast of Peggy’s Cove. It’s a solemn but beautiful place where the rocks of the memorial face out into the ocean where the airliner crashed at a speed of over 300 miles per hour. Everybody on board was killed.

After this we continued on and toured around at our own pace where my wife Kathy shot some more photos. We ate dinner at the Rhubarb Restaurant. The views were spectacular and the leg of lamb was excellent.

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Well, all good things have to come to an end so we had to say goodbye to this magical place. We have been here a few times over the years and we are always amazed by the scenery and the hospitality of the people there.