{"id":12439,"date":"2017-09-07T11:31:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T15:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=12439"},"modified":"2017-11-27T19:04:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T00:04:20","slug":"almost-docked-in-halifax-n-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=12439","title":{"rendered":"Almost Docked in Halifax, N. S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday &#8211; September 7, 2017<\/p>\n<p>We left St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland Tuesday evening and sailed all day yesterday southward around the province of Nova Scotia. \u00a0The sunny sea day Wednesday melted into thick dense fog and heavy rain this morning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"DSC_5350.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_5350.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 5350\" width=\"400\" height=\"248\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ship arrived early this morning in the safe harbor of Halifax, capital of the province. \u00a0Fog and heavy rain dominated the region. \u00a0Here\u2019s my photo of Halifax harbor as the Rotterdam slowly moved towards the cruise ship dock. \u00a0I understand why they painted the commercial cranes a bright red.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"DSC_5329.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_5329.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 5329\" width=\"400\" height=\"238\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Captain van der Wal made an announcement describing high winds (over 45 kts) \u00a0and the challenge of docking broadsides to the wind. \u00a0He said he and the crew had tried to dock with the assistance of one tugboat and they were waiting for another tug to come to help. \u00a0A little while later, the captain announced he had to cancel our stop in Halifax and the ship left the harbor and motored back out into the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The waves were high and I tried to get a good photo of them, but unfortunately they look compressed when seen from above. \u00a0The 3rd promenade deck was closed to walkers because it was too wet so I couldn\u2019t get any really good wave photos. \u00a0But the ship rocked and rolled and creaked all day and night. \u00a0Thank heavens for the ship\u2019s stabilizers!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"DSC_5351.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_5351.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 5351\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were a bit disappointed. \u00a0I wanted to visit Halifax again and see how the city has changed over the years. \u00a0We haven\u2019t visited in many years. \u00a0However, with the heavy rain we probably wouldn\u2019t have stayed out very long. \u00a0The real problem was for Canadian passengers who were planning to disembark here, our last stop in Canada before getting into American waters.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, we don\u2019t know where we\u2019ll end up. \u00a0The choices are to stop somewhere along the coast of Maine or continue to Boston and arrive a day early. \u00a0We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday &#8211; September 7, 2017 We left St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland Tuesday evening and sailed all day yesterday southward around the province of Nova Scotia. \u00a0The sunny sea day Wednesday melted into thick dense fog and heavy rain this morning. The ship arrived early this morning in the safe harbor of Halifax, capital of the province. 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