Impromptu Trip to Halifax

Laura wanted us to come to Halifax to see her pole competition.  We thought about driving and realized it would be crazy to drive all that way for just a weekend.  So we booked a last minute flight on Porter Airlines.

Laura was busy rehearsing when we arrived.  So Barb and I went sightseeing.  The hills of downtown Halifax are crazy.  We parked at the top of the hill and walked down to the harbour where we had lunch.  It was a lovely warm day even though it was very windy.  There was supposedly a hurricane hitting Halifax that weekend.  We finished our sightseeing but Laura was still busy.  Since we were parked close to the Citadel, we decided to walk up to the Citadel and take some pictures of the hills down to the harbour.

Laura texted us while we were at the Citadel saying she was finished.  She asked where we were.  I am not good at texting and Barb didn’t have her glasses.  So I tried to text her back saying we were at the Citadel but only sent the word “The”.  Barb and I laughed and laughed.  Laura said "Nice Dad".

Laura was living in Dartmouth in a mansion of a house.

On Saturday, Laura had her competition.  So we didn’t see her much.  But in the evening after the competition Laura and I watched Moneyball.  Laura thought it was just like the way I study fastball.

On Sunday morning, Barb went to play pickleball in Dartmouth.  In the afternoon, we all went to see the Tattoo at the Arena.  Afterwards, we went down to the harbour for dinner.  Then we spent a long time talking to a lady with a great dane.  We hung around outside the Jazz Festival talking to Laura's good friend Benham.

On Monday, morning we drove around Halifax and Dartmouth to see all the places where Laura had lived.

We dropped into Tour Tech where Laura worked full-time.  We met her big boss.  He was a really interesting self-made man.  He said Laura was doing a great job with her lighting.  Laura showed us around the place.  There seemed to be a large number of eccentric people who worked there.  So Laura fit in well.

Then we went next door to see where she does acrobatics with Atlantic Cirque.  There was an awkward moment when Laura saw her pole partner who stood her up at the pole competition.

Before we left to come home, we went to the old NSCAD building to see where Laura did her art.  It is a really neat old building with a lot of sneaky passageways.   

Then we drove to the airport and dropped off the rental car.  Laura and I had icecaps and Barb had a café mocha’s at the Tim Horton’s in the airport.  By the time we got through security, the airline was calling our name to board the plane.  We were that last people to board the plane before they closed the gate.  Our seats were also at the back of the plane.  So everyone on the plane saw us coming in late.