Months ago when Cora mentioned that they may be going to Halifax for work, I was very excited. I had a brief trip to the Maritimes before I meet Dave, but we got snowed out and couldn't go to a lot of things. I had always wanted to go back. We started making plans. Flights were more pricey then I thought we would be able to do. Then I discovered Swoop. We got 4 tickets for the price of one on most airlines. It was kind of funny as we learned more about the airline. Our bag allowance was very small, we had to pay for bathrooms and seats. No power on the plane etc. But it was cheap. Everything I booked I made sure we had free cancellation on, just in case. We also didn't know for sure until about 2 days before if Cora and Ammon were actually going to make it. Montreal was taking a little longer than expected and we waited to hear, hoping they would be there with us. We flew direct from Edmonton to Halifax. So we picked up Blake from school Wednesday and drove to Edmonton. Leah had some friends drop her at our hotel near the airport so we could leave early the next morning. Not until we were in the air did I truly believe we were going to make it to Halifax.
We landed and picked up our mini van. Cora and Leah had been texting to find a place for us to eat. We were going to go to the temple first, but Blake was very hungry. Cora had flown to Halifax on Wednesday. She worked in the morning, went to airport from temple, flew to Halifax, got picked up and drove straight to the temple to continue working there. Their hours amaze me. Anyways, so Cora was there. Cora and Braydon came and met us for food. Leah and Braydon were very excited to see each other. I was instantly in love with Nova Scotia. It did not disappoint. After food we took Cora with us and Braydon took Leah with him, we found our hotel, scooped it out and explored, then went to the Airbnb that everyone else was staying at to make some plans. They were there to work and we did not want to interrupt that, we thought we would just see them in the evenings and weekend.
Leah learned about toll roads and bridges, she had not idea and we teased her about it the rest of the trip.
Friday morning as Cora and Braydon went to work, the rest of us went to the Maritime Museum. It was very cool. We spent a very long time there. Cora text at 1 and said they were done, we hadn't expected them to be done until 3 at the earliest. So we had not eaten. Haha that started a pattern Blake didn't love, but we seemed to just keep skipping lunch most days because we had so much to do.
We finished at the Museum and went to the Airbnb to get the others. After picking them up we got on the road to Lunenburg. We walked around and explored alot. We were a little to late to go to the other museum, but the town was so neat to just walk around a be there. Dave had hoped to see the BlueNose II and it was there. Braydon served his mission in Halifax and it was so fun to hear some of his mission stories and see places he had tracked.
He had great spots for us to see. And knew a fun restaurant that we could all eat at. A little local hole in the wall that was so good.
Cora had heard from Ammon in the mean time and we knew he was coming in Saturday morning. He was working through the night and we would pick him up from the airport on the way to PEI. As we were driving to Lunenburg we listened to some great sea shanties and had a blast. On the way home there were a few more shanties and we decided to make a stop at the grocery store to pick up things for Sunday dinner and lunches on Saturday. We got back late as always. Dropped of the Airbnb people and Leah (Leah ended up always staying and hanging out with them, Braydon would bring her home later each night, also we invited Frank/Mark to come on all our adventures but he was content to stay home) Blake and I listen to a lot of Dateline and it was fun to find one on TV that night and actually watch instead of just listening. When Leah got back we all went to bed and got smart and started sending her with her own key :) But she had a blast hanging out with everyone at the Airbnb, she has been missing Cora and Braydon. The four of them, 5 when Ammon arrived, made food, had debates, played video game, read scriptures and just were together.
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