Doing the loop of the Cabot Trail and heading to Truro

Today the day started out a little overcast.  We packed our bags and enjoyed breakfast and headed off to do the Cabot Trail loop.  The first half was gorgeous with its twisted roads and cliffs on the St Lawrence side. The second half was nice but a lot more trees and rounded cliffs on the Atlantic side.  We stopped in to check out a waterfall but it was a little disappointing as there wasn't a lot of water running.  We were hoping to see another moose but was not so lucky this time.  We took a small ferry across approximately 100 meters of water.  We were a little surprised that with all our little stops we didn't get to Truro until 6:00. We enjoyed some dinner at Frank and Gino's Pasta Place.  It was a nice change from Seafood.  Not that we haven't enjoyed seafood.  Tonight we will plan our day a little for tomorrow and relax.

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Exploring the Cabot Trail and Golfing (Day 4)

We woke up to another beautiful day.  We enjoyed a wonderful breakfast and spoke with a few travellers staying at the same Inn.  We decided to head to the Visitor Centre first and see what we could do in the few hour visit we had.  The lady we spoke to recommended we head to Pleasant Bay and if we were lucky it was still early enough to see a Moose.  We were lucky and saw a female along the side of the road.  The views were quite beautiful to watch.  The water was fairly rough.  There is a lot of construction on the road so we encountered quite a few delays.  By the time we reached Pleasant Bay it was almost time to go home.  We stopped and, enjoyed an ice cream here and than headed back home to get ready for a round of golf.  We played at LePortage Golf Club.  We had to learn how to use a new set of clubs but it was fun to get out.  Had an issue with bugs while playing.  My neck feels raw from black fly bites.  We came back home for a little rest and went to a restaurant for dinner called All Aboard.  The snow crab was delicious.  Afterwards we walked along a small boardwalk and watched the sunset.  Was very relaxing and enjoyable.

Next Stop Cheticamp (Day 3)

Today we enjoyed a leisurely morning, slept in a bit, packed our bags and headed to the Westminster Bible Presbyterian Church.  They were without a minister as well and had a guest minister from Oklahoma.  It was a small church and the people were very friendly.  After church we headed to the town of Baddeck and we saw the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site.  We even saw another lighthouse here.  Next we headed to Cheticamp along the Cabot Trail.  We are staying at Maison Fiset House, a bed and breakfast place.  The room is quite nice.  We are in the main house.  We went for a drive to find out where the golf course was for tomorrow's game and than drove up to the Cape Breton Highlands National Park.  We then went for dinner at Le Gabriel and did a bit more exploring.  It started to rain so we headed home to relax for the rest of the evening.

Lupins, Louisbourg and Lighthouses Day 2

We woke up to a beautiful looking day.  From our hotel room we could see the big fiddle.  We enjoyed some breakfast and then went to explore Sydney.  Along the sides of the roads were wild Lupins growing all over the place. They were in full bloom and very pretty to see.  We found an information booth and decided to go check out the Fortess of Louisbourg.  It was about a half hour drive so we decided to enjoy some lunch in the town of Louisbourg first.  We found a small restaurant on the water called The Lobster Kettle. We enjoyed some seafood chowder and a seafood wrap.  Next we went to see The Fortress of Louisbourg.  It was very interesting walking through the old buildings that had been restored.  They fired off two cannon shots while we were there.  We saw a drastic change in the weather as the fog moved in and the temperatures started dropping.  It even started to rain a bit.   On our way home we made a stop to check out a lighthouse.  Apparently there were ruins from 2 lighthouses and one of them was from the first lighthouse built in Canada.  Interesting the things you learn.

In the evening we went to the Governor's Pub and Eatery.  They were celebrating Kitchenfest there and had a few people playing for the evening.  They played celtic tunes on the fiddle and guitar.  Was very enjoyable.

From Halifax to Sydney Day 1

We arrived at the airport a little after 5:00 am.  Check in went smoothly and we had a fairly long walk to  where our flight took off from.  Managed to grab a bagel and coffee for breakfast before leaving. Our plane was delayed 45 minutes because of delays from connecting flights.  The flight to Ottawa was really quick and smooth.  Passengers unloaded and new passengers came on the plane which took around 1/2 hour and than we were off to Halifax.  Arrived in Halifax around noon.  By the time we reached the baggage counter our luggage was there already.  There was hardly any lineup at the car rental and we were on our way approximately 10 minutes later.  We are driving a Volvo.  Nice ride.  Because we turned our GPS on when there was no satellite available the GPS kept thinking we were in Toronto.  Lawrence managed to figure out the way to go with no GPS.  We thought we would go to the liquor store and the grocery store first only to find out because it was Canada Day everything was closed.  We didn't plan that right.  We found some parking and than had some lunch at The Foggy Goggles.  We had purchased tickets for The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo which we both really enjoyed.  We heard marching bands, saw Celtic dancers, had an Olympian trampoline artist perform, the Flying Grampas (who were trampoline artists as well) and much more.  One guy was jumping rope while sitting on his bum.  You were not allowed to take pictures but we did purchase a book on the performers.  After the show we had a 4.5 hour drive to get to Sydney so we decided to head there right away.  Most of the ride was watching a lot of trees.  We learned a few things about the vehicle we were driving as well.  Every time Lawrence would wander a little on the road the car would beep at him. While driving with cruise control if you drove too close to the car in front of you the car would slow right down.  While driving with the high beams on if a car was coming towards you the high beams turned off automatically.   Unfortunately the most scenic part of the drive was in the dark.  We arrived at the hotel at 11:00. We are relaxing with our bottled water and looking forward to exploring tomorrow.