Cape Breton - Day 1

Since the Temple is now closed for ten days, we are on vacation.  We left Dartmouth sometime after 9 a.m. this morning.  As we crossed the Canso Causeway, I thought of the book called "No Great Mischief" by Alistair MacLeod.  I must read it once more when we get back home to Lethbridge.

 The Causeway from the Cape Breton Side

 Bridge over the Canso Canal

We arrived at Baddeck about 1:00 p.m. after stopping for lunch at the "Herring Choker" which was billed as the best place for lunch in the Baddeck area  (It was about 10 miles from Baddeck on the way into town.) and it lived up to its billing.

 View from the Herring Choker looking across Lake Bras D'Or

We spent a couple of hours at the Alexander Graham Bell Museum.  It was very interesting and the grounds were beautiful.  We would have liked to see his twenty-eight room mansion, but the family still uses it for a summer home and it is across the lake from the museum.

Alexander Graham Bell was very much into tetrahedron building.  Here is one of the shelters that he used.

Our hotel was advertised as every room having a view of the lake.  Following is the view of the lake from our room - taken through a screen.

 We walked main street after we went to the museum.

Note - I neglected to bring the cord to download from Bob's camera, so will post some of his pictures when we get back to Dartmouth.