Day 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 Digby to Cabot Trail

This is the first we have had wifi for a number of days.
Day 7
We travelled to Digby. We travelled the shoreline route, all along the Fundy Bay. Tide was out for most of the bay. What a sight. We made reservations at the Seawinds Motel. Now that was an experience. You show up at the registration and they tell you to go down the street to the building with the red roof, and then your room is upstairs 9 buildings beyond there. The room overlooked the yacht club and had a restaurant right below us. Wings and beer on the deck while we watched the festivities. Then a walk along the docks, only to meet a couple who used to manage the Meaford Canadian Tire for 18 months.
Tides are amazing here. 58 feet in such a short time. 14billion tons of water. In fact Nova Scotia tilt when the tide comes in apparently.

Day 8
On to Halifax via Lunenburg. Home of the Bluenose. We toured the waterfront museum and the boats tied along the docks. On to Halifax. Wine and cheese in our room, then a taxi to Salty's Restaurant downtown on the docks. Great restaurant. Then a walk along the wharf.
Not enough hours in the day. We wanted to go to Peggy's cove and the Atlantic Maritime Museum, Pier 21, but no time.

Day 9
Charlettown, PEI Where we learned about cow tipping. There is still much discussion as to the methodology, and factualness of the sport. Need to look this up on the Internet.

Day 10
Cheticamp Cape Breton
We woke to rain, rain, and more rain. Decided to go to George and Gloria Wood's to get the truck that George had offered. Wyevale Wold Hogs turned into luxury cruisers riding in a fully equipped Yukon thanks to George. Note to George ..... To the best of our knowledge the framework is safe and sound and most of the metal should pound out with little trouble ...... So they tell us. Who knew a blind lady pounding on the side of the truck while we dragged her down the Cabot Trail could have caused so much damage.Luckily we gave her Georges name, number and address. Her lawyers will be in touch with your lawyers. Thanks George. The Yukon can be picked up at Cape Fear auto wreckers.
It was an all day rain ..... Arrived Cheticamp 9:00 pm. Frazers Motel. Dinner at La Gabriel Restaurant where Brian and Carolyn totally enjoyed a Lobster dinner. Tomorrow Whale Watching.

Day 11
Cabot Trail
We woke to an overcast sky, cool temperatures and high winds. We drove up the coast towards Pleasant Bay. The shoreline scenery was amazing. The pictures won't do it justice but we tried. Arrived Captain Marks Whale watching only to find out it was too rough to go out at 9:30am. Wait two hours to see if it calms down. Good time to do some laundry. 2 hours later it hadn't changed, so there is no whale watching stories here. This will give us a good excuse to come back.
Returned to our travels and came across Beulah Falls, well worth the trip for these alone.
We had a late lunch of seafood meals at the Chowder House Neils Harbour. Just before we asked the blind lady for directions.
Took some great pictures of the group standing on a rock with the waves breaking over the rock behind them and spewing into the air. One wave came in with such force it rained all over them. Sometimes it good to be the photographer.
We continued on the trail and are spending the night at Port Hastings. The plan is to return to George and Gloria's, pick up the bikes and start our trek home on Thursday. Right now the strategy is to cross over into Quebec and travel the north shore of the St Larence River and then thru Algonquin Park. But this could change. Keep watching for updates .... If wevhave access to wifi.

Day 11
The Cabot Trail. We woke to an overcast day, cool temperatures and lots of wind.