Another Museum

Correction: Today is the penultimate day not yesterday. I got mixed up because I publish the morning after the night that I write. Anyhow, tomorrow is Saturday, when we leave Halifax for Victoria. So, Friday is the penultimate day!!! We changed up our routine today and did not go for a walk; nor did we wait and have a mid morning brunch. Instead, we headed right into town, had a breakfast sandwich at Tim Hortons and then attended to 3 errands in town - finding some wee gifties to leave for Rick and Anna. Once this was accomplished, the rest of the day was free. So, we continued downtown and took in the Maritime Museum. I am not sure why we passed this up on our initial visit to museums (like Pier 1. ) Anyhow, Maritime Museum is a gem with in-depth looks at the Titanic tragedy and the Halifax Explosion. I even had a lesson on Morse Code and sent ( somewhere) my name in Morse Code under the guidance of a member of the Halifax Wireless Radio Club. And I have a certificate to prove it. The museum has the world's foremost collection of wooden artifacts from Titanic, including one of the few surviving deck chairs. ( They provided a replica chair for visitors to try and it was pretty comfortable - like an Georgian ZeroGravity chair) The Titanic exhibit also includes a child's pair of shoes which helped identify Titanic's "unknown child" as Sidney Leslie Goodwin. We saw this child’s gravesite earlier in the holiday. Next, was a drive to Dartmouth, and the outskirts where we saw the 12-foot Cow Bay Moose. No “surfing” this time, but we wiggled our toes in the fabulous sand at Rainbow Haven Beach. Our day ended with a seafood dinner of scallops and clams. Yum