Brr 49 degree this morning & 55 when we got back this afternoon. It was also cloudy damp and windy. After we crossed the Conso Causeway yesterday we are on what they call the Cape Breton Island the northeastern part of Nova Scotia. Today we did the Cabot Trail loop it is the northern part of the Island. It has been called one of the 7 wonders of the world as well as one of the most scenic drives in the world. It is a 190 mile drive up the east coast with views of the Atlantic Oceans rocky bays and then up over tree covered mountains to elevations as high as 1400 ft.
We passed through small fishing villages and saw many boats out checking their lobster traps. We stopped for lunch at the small fishing village of Neil's Harbor where we enjoyed one of the better meals of our trip at the Clam Chowder restaurant. It was in a small building overlooking the Atlantic ocean next to a light house. As we rounded the top of the Island and began coming down the west side we had many more scenic overlooks both over the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and up the tree covered valleys into the mountains.
Near Cape Le Moine we came across this quirky display called joe's scarecrow Village. It consisted of 50 or 60 scarecrows that had masks of famous people as well as just ordinary Halloween masks. They were dressed in bright cloths or cloths to match the mask and most had names as well as some saying pinned to them. Surprisingly this drive is not very commercialized, it does have a lot of small pottery shops and craft shops run by Celtic people that live in the area.
Brr 49 degree this morning & 55 when we got back this afternoon. It was also cloudy damp and windy. After we crossed the Conso Causeway yesterday we are on what they call the Cape Breton Island the northeastern part of Nova Scotia. Today we did the Cabot Trail loop it is the northern part of the Island. It has been called one of the 7 wonders of the world as well as one of the most scenic drives in the world. It is a 190 mile drive up the east coast with views of the Atlantic Oceans rocky bays and then up over tree covered mountains to elevations as high as 1400 ft.
We passed through small fishing villages and saw many boats out checking their lobster traps. We stopped for lunch at the small fishing village of Neil's Harbor where we enjoyed one of the better meals of our trip at the Clam Chowder restaurant. It was in a small building overlooking the Atlantic ocean next to a light house. As we rounded the top of the Island and began coming down the west side we had many more scenic overlooks both over the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and up the tree covered valleys into the mountains.
Near Cape Le Moine we came across this quirky display called joe's scarecrow Village. It consisted of 50 or 60 scarecrows that had masks of famous people as well as just ordinary Halloween masks. They were dressed in bright cloths or cloths to match the mask and most had names as well as some saying pinned to them. Surprisingly this drive is not very commercialized, it does have a lot of small pottery shops and craft shops run by Celtic people that live in the area.
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