A Walk Through Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia

 

 The human had been there before, but we hadn't. We were excited to go explore this famous place in Nova Scotia that gets near a million visitors a year. After all, that many people going to one spot must mean there is good food, lots of sights, and lots of things to pee on.

 After a long, long drive we finally made it. For anyone wanting to visit Peggy's Cove, we just want to tell you it is a bit of a drive from the main highway. Be prepared. Also after we went up this hill we had to turn around. We came later in the day so there was no parking anywhere. So park on side of the road far far down is the way. We don't mind walking, but some people might. If you do, show up early or you won't be getting anywhere near the place.

  We strolled down the road and looked at the houses atop the hill in the distance. A charming little spot, but we just kept sniffing.

 It led us to one of the many spots where you can get near or see the water with ease. A spot like this is okay, but don't be a silly person and stand on the rocks near the ocean and die like some have. Yes. People have gone down to the rocks at Peggy's Cove and died. All for what? A picture of water? Safer to run the tap and take a picture of it. A water waster beats dead. Just saying.

 

We didn't really feel like a swim as that water was rather grimy looking with all its seaweed, so we searched for a boat. We found this one on display, but that was it. It sat next to lobster traps and an older building. We then heard the birds.

 

 We peeked off the wharf and saw those gulls down there yapping, so we yapped back. Forget the pretty views in front of us. Those gulls had to shut it.

 We passed by the dock again and spotted the boat, but we were over the whole going out to sea thing by now. Plus, Milo might get worked up and cause his diabetes to flare and then we'd be crap out of luck if we are out to sea. There was a tour there with a boat though. Supposedly you can see whales, puffins, and that lighthouse from the water. Be forewarned though, a quick check of reviews on it on Google shows many are not favorable due to inconsistent hours and overbooking.

 Up a hill and past one more building we went and then we saw it. The thing that draws almost a million people to Peggy's Cove. There it was.

 

A lighthouse sitting on the rocks. It was Peggy's Cove Lighthouse. It was so...so...oh look...bird. That is how much we paid attention to it. Human couldn't even get a picture of us by it cause we weren't staying still for nothing. Too many birds and people to bark at.

 

 See? So many people. Hmmm...that doesn't look like many. I guess the rocks are still preferable to the viewing deck.

 At least that left us open to get closer. Or the human anyway as he dragged us along. This is the Peggy's Cove Lighthouse from the viewing deck that was installed recently to keep people from going on the rocks closer to the water. We did spot a few there though, so clearly some people don't value their own life.

 

And here we get to see it with lots off people about. Climbing every which way to get to it. Is it as nifty as everyone raving about Peggy's Cove claims? We sure didn't find any real big difference to other lighthouses we've seen. In fact, Cape Forchu was a nicer one in our opinion. We'll get to that later. Montauk was nicer too, but that is far far away. Only the human went there.

 We then met this dude on the way out. He was rather stiff. Didn't even move when we barked at him. You'd think he would make like a tree and leave. Many were eating here too. They all seemed like happy campers at the Sou’Wester Gift & Restaurant Company Ltd. They wouldn't give us any scraps though. Not that the human would let us have any with allergies and diabetes anyway.

 Now we figured it was time to drag the human back to the car. It was getting hot and lots more people were coming. You can only bark at so many people before it gets old. A few of the people were even talking about getting their passports a stamp there, which you can do as a novelty type thing. We aren't sure if customs frowns on that or not, but many people have done it, so we heard.

 

 We passed a gallery on the way there. We never got to go inside because the human figured dogs weren't allowed. But at least deGarthe Gallery is something else to do there after seeing the world famous lighthouse.

We spotted another nice view on the way to the car. There are plenty of those at Peggy's Cove. Not that you can't get those elsewhere in Nova Scotia too.

 

And we snapped a pic of the welcome sign in three official languages. It has a nifty map for all to see too. As you can see it isn't the biggest spot. If we didn't stop, we could have walked it in twenty minutes or so. And that is from the car that we had to park way back on the road.

Murphy and Milo's Overall Verdict of Peggy's Cove

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia has plenty of people to bark at, plenty of things to sniff, some other dogs visiting, all kinds of pretty views at different angles, a few places that look good to eat at, and a lighthouse that we can't really get why it is such a big deal. The Peggy's Cove Lighthouse is a nice one, but it is nothing that we haven't seen elsewhere before. Still it is a pretty spot if you fancy a walk, a drive a little ways off the highway, and views of the water with a lighthouse around it. And if that is your thing, why not be one of the nearly one million people that visit each year. Just think. Then you can say you were one in a million.