I am still running late. We are presently in Newfoundland. I will report on this later.
We crossed the Northumberland Strait from PEI and spent the night in Antogonish, Nova Scotia. The next day we drove northeast to Cape Breton Island. Our first stop was at the Celtic Music Center at Judique. We had lunch and were entertained by by two fiddlers playing traditional Scotch jigs and songs. Then we headed to "Highland Village" a reconstructed village following the settling of Nova Scotia by Scottish immigrants. We spent the night in Beddeck
The next day we drove north over the Cabot Trail traveling clockwise from west to east. This took us up to the French side of Cape Breton and the town of Chetticamp. The west side of the Cabot Trail is a beautiful highway that hugs the side of the mountains along the sea (above). It then passes over the height of the mountains, past bogs.
The eastern side is along the rocky coast of bays, inlets, and small towns. At the site above we enjoyed watching the large northern gannetts diving over 100 ft. to get fish. That evening we ate a restaurant where we watched a bald eagle flying over the bay. It was back to Baddeck again for the night.
The first night in Baddeck we learned that our booking to Argentia, Newfoundland was cancelled due to ship problems. We were booked instead onto the Port aux Basques Ferry which was a great inconvenience since we now had to drive the 601 miles to the eastern portion of Newfoundland. Marine Atlantic refunded our money and gave us a free booking on the Port aux Basques ferry. They also gave us a stateroom which we really didn't need for a midday sailing. The next morning we headed to North Sydney to await our departure on the Highlander (above).
The Highlander is one of three new ships in the Newfoundland ferry system. It started service last year. It has two decks for carrying cars and trucks. Each deck is 8 lanes wide (above).
More to come.
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