Bob's Pictures of Our Cape Breton Visit

From the Alexander Graham Bell Museum

Baddeck

Cabot Trail

Gaelic College

Fortress of Louisbourg

Back to Dartmouth

This morning we went to the P.E.I. Archives and did some research on my Davies relatives.

By noon we were back on the road towards Dartmouth.

 Lineup at Wood Island Ferry

From the Ferry

First Glimpse of Pictou

We drove off the ferry at Caribou and got a glimpse of sun and blue sky for the first time since Tuesday.  We drove straight back to Dartmouth.

Cape Breton to Charlottetown

Last night it poured rain and the winds were up to 100 k per hour.  We decided to leave Cape Breton and go to Charlottetown.  We left the wind behind and went through rain and fog and arrived in Charlottetown about 5 p.m.

We had hamburgers at Harveys even though we had eaten on the ferry a few hours before.

We are staying at th Holiday Inn Express. 

Was surprised to see the Stars and Stripes waving in front of our hotel.

Cape Breton - Day 3

This morning we checked out of Auberge Gisele.

Shortly out of Baddeck we stopped at the Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts and walked through the museum of the clans. 

 There was to be a Kilt making demonstration shortly and I would have loved to watch it, but rain was being forecast for the afternoon and a rain warning for the late afternoon and we wanted to tour Fortress of Louisbourg today, so we left without seeing the demonstration.

We drove to Louisbourg and the rain began before we got there.  The Louisbourg area was originally settled by cod fishers from France.  Most of them were only there for the summer.  The fortress was build to protect France's  interest in the fishing industry.

 The Gate to Fortress of Louisbourg on the other side of the Moat

 I Love the Stone Wall

 The Gate to the Ocean

 Stone Building

Garrison Chapel

 Drowned Rat

Fortress Gate from Inside

Cape Breton - day 2

Today we drove the Cabot Trail going up the east side and back down the west side.

We barely got started along the trail when we ran into construction.  We waited about ten minutes before a pilot truck came to guide us through.

The next obstacle came shortly after.

From there the Honda bounced along the rough road and we saw trees, trees, trees, craft shops (pottery, leather, glass, quilts, art, jewellery and every sort of gift), cemeteries and occasionaly a glimpse of the ocean.  The road did improve after North Shore and was good all the rest of the way.

Cape Smokey Ahead

Coming down the west side we saw much more of the ocean.

Aspey Fault

The trees were mostly green but every once in a while there was a bit of colour warning that autumn is on the way.

The following pictures were taken in Baddeck after our drive.

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.

Paddling Nationals Again

Orson left on Monday morning.  We have been very lonely since.

On Monday and Tuesday Bob and I were at the temple helping with the cleaning.  Bob went back on Wednesday and Thursday, but I stayed home.

Friday we inspected missionary apartments both in Dartmouth and Sackville.  We have one more to do before we go back to Alberta.

This past week Bob visited the Dr. twice and also had a cat scan and it appears he has no serious problems.

The newspaper "SNAP Dartmouth" had a couple of articles about the canoe kayak nationals. Here is our favourite.