Lunenburg looks much better from the sea. The buildings rise steadily up from the docks and you can see all the buildings at the same time rather than one street at a time as you do from dry land. Sailing away from the Bluenose dock, you see the whold town, just as it appeared two hundred years ago or more, before any roads or trains, just the boats on the water for transportation. It was a spur-of-the moment decision to take a sailing sunset cruise and it turned out that we three, Bev. and Ken and I were the only hardy souls on the large sailing boat called The Eastern Star. One Captain and one crew headed out of the harbor at five thirty and it was seven-thirty when we docked. By then we had seen the sun set and the lights come on all the way out to the ovens and back. I made the decision to take the trip, but did not factor in the fact of the temperature. We were dressed in clothes fit for walking around Lunenburg on a bright sunny day, not sailing out to sea in the evening. Fortunately the Captain gave us each a warm blanket, but even then we were all very cold arriving back to the dock. But we loved every minute of it.
All five of us left home for Lunenburg just at the crack of ten-thirty, driving in two vehicles. We three stopped at The Joy of Antiques and The Salt Box on the way, then took the Ferry across the Lahave River to get to Lunenburg. The day was perfect but cool. We drove around a bit looking at Lunenburg and chose The Trattoria restaurant for lunch. where Ken and Carol joined us, thanks to the blessing of cell phones. Beverley treated us for a most delicious lunch, in fact our dinner. Our meals were excellent. We three wandered around town, looking at galleries and antique stores, finally ending down by the docks to see the Bluenose, where I decided to take the sail. Both Ken and Bev. were happy to go on the big sailing boat but wondered about the cold. I assured them the weather would hold, but of course we all were chilled to the bone. When we finally got home, Ken and I took a hot tub to warm up while Bev went straight to the Carriage house to crawl into bed to read.
It was a great day. Not a cloud in the sky and full sun. Weather does not get any better than today.
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