Bright Spots on a Rainy Day

The morning starts with a light mist in the air and only gets worse as the day wears on. It proved to be the worst travel day that we have had on the whole trip. Very dark with low visibility, and constant heavy rain… sometimes so heavy that the windshield wipers had difficulty handling it. A bolt of lightning off in the distance. We had hoped to get closer to the U.S. border but ended the driving early and turned into a Fredericton Comfort Inn for the night. Despite the dreary day, it started with the welcome news that Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were the joint winners of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. This brought big smiles to the morning. The second bright spot of the day was this announcement about a Canadian TV program: “Little Mosque on the Prairie, the CBC-TV comedy about a Muslim community in a fictional prairie town, is the recipient of a prestigious humanitarian award previously won by Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu and former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. The show will be presented with the Search for Common Ground Award by the human-rights organization of the same name on Nov. 6 in New York. The Search for Common Ground Award aims to recognize individuals and organizations that find common ground between those in conflict.” Terrific! The third bright spot is the fact that this McDonald’s Lighthouse is miles away from Peggy's Cove.