Days 24 and 25 Still enjoying Halifax and area

This map shows our route from June 25 to July 8th

Friday, July 5^th

Today we played a par 3 golf course that was nearby and then did something very, very, strange. We did nothing.  It was a glorious afternoon so we dragged out the lounge chairs and RELAXED!!!  It was great. We need to do this more often.!  Another side of vacationing!

 After dinner we dragged out the brochures and decided where to go next, and made reservations.

Saturday, July 6^th

Saturday’s mean “ Farmers Markets” here in Atlantic Provinces.  They are very different from those in Florida that I have been to.  We chose to return to the Halifax waterfront where they host a large weekly market made up of almost 250 vendors.  Here is where they are hiding all the healthy foods.  Several farms touting that their beef is Grass Fed, and that their pork products were from pigs that were once happy, running around outside being pigs, eating only the best of whatever happy pigs eat.  Tomorrow night perhaps we will see how different a once euphoric pig tastes.  ( we wonder how happy it is now? )

Farmers Market in Halifax
All sorts of tasty looking breads and pastries to torture the soul

There were also some very nice crafts and a ton of different homemade breads, fresh vegetables, pastries that looked really really good, as well as a tremendous amount of gluten free homemade foods.  We sampled as we walked around, and had a very nice time.

Norm having a toast with Alexander Keith

Norm went to the Alexander Keith Brewery tour, and I took advantage of the time to try to find some nice shops to browse in. Alone.  Norm got to sample a couple of different beers, and I spent the entire time in only one store that had beautiful jewelry made from local artisans.  Unfortunately, the only one I loved was more money than I wanted to spend on a bauble.

Gluten Free Pizza to die for!

We met up and hunted for more shops, but after trudging up and down these “ San Francisco “ type hills we gave up and stopped for lunch. 

We found this pizza shop that made the most fantastic gluten free pizza on this planet! The crust was made by a local vendor we met at the Farmers Market.  Boy, I wish this stuff was available at home. Or better yet, I wish I knew how to make it myself!

Look at me! I am eating pizza like a "normal" person!
And it does not taste like cardboard at all

We were pretty tired by this time, but I really wanted to find some bear spray for our planned hikes in Cape Breton Highlands.  I would hate to get between mommy bear and her cub!  I heard it is equally effective to just wallop your walking mate with a rock if threatened by a bear. Then run in the other direction! But then who would empty the sewer tanks and drive the RV home?