Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 7, 2017
The weather gods finally turned on us. We awoke this morning to mild temperatures near 70F but also fog and rain. We arrived in the harbor at Halifax 7:30-ish. At 8 the captain came over the PA to tell us the wind (near 40 knots straight abeam making impossible to open our balcony door) was pushing the boat away from the dock so he had called for a tug boat to help. At 8:15 he was back on to tell us we were unable to dock so he was heading the boat back out of the (unprotected) harbor.
We had a short trip planned out to the most photographed lighthouse in Canada in Peggy's Cove and then some dockside shopping and sight seeing. Back to the cabin to put away the on shore hats and bags and replace that with a book for Jim and knitting for me.
Several of the knitting ladies live in Florida, fortunately on the west coast but even so, who knows if anything will be flying to Florida on Saturday. The Irma watch is on. At noon the captain was back with us one more time to say he was heading to Boston with arrival late tomorrow afternoon instead of the planned 7 am on Saturday. There are two ships scheduled to leave Boston around that time so he will be able to dock there. I'm not sure if we will be able to get off to do something in Boston then. The "mandatory face to passport immigration inspection" isn't scheduled until Saturday morning. Bulletins as they break.
After lunch I found another Stuart Woods in the library so my afternoon is set. Jim has yet another spy novel to keep him occupied. It's like a snow day but without Netflix. And I still have that 4.10 in Canadian coins.
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