Cormorants line up to say farewell!
Leaving PEI and onward to the Northern Tip of Nova Scotia
Leaving PEI and onward to the Northern Tip of Nova Scotia
Across the Confederation Bridge, back to NB and over to Nova Scotia.
You only pay the toll fee when going off PEI ($47.75 for a passenger vehicle)
Passing through Truro we find ourselves in a blinding storm
We arrive to good weather at our campground (seven nights)
Arm of Gold Campground is very busy as it is the stopping off point for people catching the ferry to Newfoundland. (The ferry terminal is only ten minutes drive to the town of N. Sydney)
A huge area, a family run business and a very popular food truck next to us (also run by the family\owners of the RV Park).
Winnie's Wagon
Line-ups daily until 8 pm when they close. Poutine, burgers and fish and chips.
The 'barn' serves as an entertainment centre for activities and music nights
Once a week, people within the park and locals from the neighborhood pool their resources together and have a music jam night.
We were treated to some old Cape Breton tunes
(one was "The Lobster Song.")
All around the 'back forty,' the RV park has a moved path around the edge and a portion of the property takes you down onto a large mowed field along the river's edge.
Arm of Gold is one of only two campgrounds in the N. Sydney area and is very popular. It is just fifteen minutes to the ferry to Newfoundland.
The ferry to Argentia (which is a far shorter drive to St. John's, the destination point) takes 16-18 hours and the cost is approximately $450 each way and an additional $160 for an overnight cabin. We decided to not go to Newfoundland on this trip.
Downtown North Sydney (very small town)
Cabot Trail
This is a highway and scenic roadway in northern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. 298 kms (186 miles) in length and completes a loop around the northern tip of the island. A very popular route for tourists and especially, motorcyclists.
We pack up the camping gear and head off for three nights to "TENT"
The night before we left, everything packed up and settling in for the night, Marc gets an itchy rash under his left arm. Time goes on and his back, legs, under the arms is entirely itchy and blotchy. He gets up in the middle of the night to shower, trying to get rid of the itchiness.
The itchiness moves around and carries on throughout the night.
Off we go, to drive the Cabot Trail and in the AM, Marc still has itchiness that moves around his body and is managed throughout the day with Benadryl was not helping, so picked up a different antihistamine (hydrochloride) en route.
The maximum elevation if approximately 1,475 feet.
Doing this trip in one day is a bit of a stretch and we saw first hand, a group of motorcyclists on that mission. They passed us at very high speeds, and weaved in and out of traffic, around the tight corners.
We saw the black smoke a long way ahead and . . . . there were the riders that had recently passed us.
The rider, surprisingly, was walking along to meet up with his buddies - apparently unharmed.
We were surprised to see a ski hill!
Ski Cape Smokey (Ingonish Landing)
Broad Cove Campground (a Provincial Campground).
We settled in and next to us was a communal campfire pit and behind us, a building with seating for people wanting internet connections (teenagers).
Started off fine, but by 11 pm, the noise started - parties, a group chatting around the communal campfire behind us AND there were young children yelling and screaming and playing until about 3 am.
Not a pleasant camping scene! Well, for sleeping, that is!
And, tenting wouldn't be tenting without proper sleep and a comfortable air mattress.
The air mattress slowly gets lower and lower and by 6 am - it is totally flat!
Marc is continually itching - sometimes the top of the feet, under the arms, back . . . at around 3 am, it is driving him nuts and he gets up for awhile to walk around.
Meanwhile, while coffee is brewing, the 'princess' has settled in for a morning snooze.
Our little visitors, a chatty little squirrel and the bluebirds squawking.
Off we go to a small campground, on the beach.
Corney Brook - first come first serve campground. This is an area with only twenty sites and on the beach (no hook-ups, for those with RV's). We arrive around 11 and find a site.
Tazz has her shade tent! Only the best, for the princess!
This is a quiet bunch - mainly because the beach access is rocky and not a typical place for children and families to hang out. More an area for hikers - a hiking trail right across the road from the campground (steep, rocky and in the forest).
Marc's itchiness has subsided alot - only because of medications. In the wee hours the itchiness starts again. A little less than two nights ago.
A short hike up the hillside and we have a fabulous view of our campground
A local and shy resident
Climbing back down the hillside we enjoyed the gorgeous sunset.
Tazz, not so thrilled to sit in the folding chair.
We stopped at the famous Flora's in Cheticamp.
It is advertised on television and is a popular gift shop and demonstrations of rug hooking take place.
I was fortunate to speak with a local all about rug hooking, which is a traditional east coast craft.
Margaree Harbour, heading back to North Sydney, from Cheticamp
Stopped in Baddeck at the Museum
Alexander Graham Bell was famous for developing the telephone. His mother and wife were both deaf which profoundly influenced his work.
He was instrumental in developing not only the telephone but he became fascinated with flights and began exploring the possibilities for flying machines and devices, starting with the tetrahedral kite. The Silver Dart was the first powered aircraft flown in Canada. He later worked on hydrofoils and set a world speed record for this type of boat.
He died peacefully on August 2, 1922, at his home in Baddeck on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Louisbourg was a fortified town and an important strategic capital in the French colony go Ice Royale (Cape Breton Island). It was the scene of two major military sieges in the Anglo-French wars for supremacy in North America.
The fall of Louisbourg to the British in 1758 paved the way for the capture of Quebec and the end of French rule in North America a.
The current Fortress of Louisbourg is a reconstruction built in the 1960s. It has become the largest reconstructed 18th-century French fortified towns in North America, with archaeologists, and engineers and historians working together to recreate the town as it was in the 1740's era.
We could smell fresh bread baking from somewhere. Fortunately, these workers let us into the dark, original area where food was prepared. The oven is original and the long pole fueled the oven to bake the bread. The bread is sold in the square - we bought a loaf, fresh from the oven made of whole wheat fresh from the oven (nothing but flour, water, yeast and salt)
The reconstruction took place over top of the original floors and this is one of them. The floor where the bread was baked was the original flooring. The women wore wooden shoes. Can only imagine how difficult it was to spend a day on this flooring. And, the barns for the animals were most likely this flooring.
The fortress took more than 24 years to build. The walls were nearly 11 meters thick in some places, faced by the sea on three sides. Louisbourg was considered to be too marshy to allow an attacking enemy to deploy heavy artillery within range of the walls. Louisbourg was thought to be impregnable.
Alexander Graham Bell was famous for developing the telephone. His mother and wife were both deaf which profoundly influenced his work.
He was instrumental in developing not only the telephone but he became fascinated with flights and began exploring the possibilities for flying machines and devices, starting with the tetrahedral kite. The Silver Dart was the first powered aircraft flown in Canada. He later worked on hydrofoils and set a world speed record for this type of boat.
He died peacefully on August 2, 1922, at his home in Baddeck on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site
Louisbourg was a fortified town and an important strategic capital in the French colony go Ice Royale (Cape Breton Island). It was the scene of two major military sieges in the Anglo-French wars for supremacy in North America.
The fall of Louisbourg to the British in 1758 paved the way for the capture of Quebec and the end of French rule in North America a.
Even with its proud military heritage, the Fortress of Louisbourg was about more than just the military. At its core, Louisbourg was a thriving civilian community made prosperous by a profitable cod fishery and strong trade.
The current Fortress of Louisbourg is a reconstruction built in the 1960s. It has become the largest reconstructed 18th-century French fortified towns in North America, with archaeologists, and engineers and historians working together to recreate the town as it was in the 1740's era.
We could smell fresh bread baking from somewhere. Fortunately, these workers let us into the dark, original area where food was prepared. The oven is original and the long pole fueled the oven to bake the bread. The bread is sold in the square - we bought a loaf, fresh from the oven made of whole wheat fresh from the oven (nothing but flour, water, yeast and salt)
A demonstration about the meat turning system - where they could do a double rack over the fireplace
The reconstruction took place over top of the original floors and this is one of them. The floor where the bread was baked was the original flooring. The women wore wooden shoes. Can only imagine how difficult it was to spend a day on this flooring. And, the barns for the animals were most likely this flooring.
A birch bark canoe
The fortress took more than 24 years to build. The walls were nearly 11 meters thick in some places, faced by the sea on three sides. Louisbourg was considered to be too marshy to allow an attacking enemy to deploy heavy artillery within range of the walls. Louisbourg was thought to be impregnable.
Reenactment of muskets firing
and reenactment of cannon firing.
Back to Arm of Gold in North Sydney to the trailer for another day and then off to Halifax.
Marc's hives have diminished. Not certain of the cause but most likely it was a delayed reaction to shucking muscles which I had a few days prior to leaving to the Cabot Trail. Some people who are allergic to shellfish have informed us they have reactions days later if they haven't eaten shellfish but the allergens get through the skin and cause a slow reaction.
Next stop:
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
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