We are heading to Cape Breton Nova Scotia for our annual trip. We left this morning at 6:00, pretty light traffic and excited to spend time with our grandchildren and see one of our favorite places in the world. Beautiful morning and so thankful for our great Subaru and little pop up to be able to make this trip.
We are about 5 1/2 hours into the trip, stopped for coffee and will stop at Medway Maine rest stop for lunch before heading to Woodstock NB Canada, about another hour drive. We are staying at Crossing Path (Airbnb) for a night.
We arrived at Woodstock around 2:30 (time change) and no one was there, so I called the owner who told us where the room was. Very old inn but cute. The inside was quaint and our room is so pleasant. About 6 we walked down the road to an Irish Pub (River Restaurant). I had a salmon burger that was delicious. When we got back to the inn, we met Shaun, the owner and another couple staying here who were touring on a motorcycle. Really nice people. We sat, drank wine and talked for a few hours before heading to bed.
July 28
We were up, had coffee and headed out by 6:30. Pretty uneventful ride, not much traffic and long drive. Stopping for gas, drinks and stretching our legs. It took about 8 hours to get to Cape Bretoncampground. We set up the camper and took it easy for the rest of the day. April and Lexie stopped by with Magnolia and Rose on the way to the Broad Cove Concert but we told them we were too tired this year to go. Made supper and in bed by 8😊
July 29
Beautiful morning, made coffee, took a ride to Donna and Mike’s cottage to see April and the girls.
Stayed a few minutes and then headed back to go to the beach. We had such a relaxing day, napping
off and on most of the day. Water was refreshing and crazy waves.
July 30
Tom and I went to town for breakfast at Westside Cookhouse. After that we went to Mermaid Beach to meet up with the girls and April. They had their yearly lobster to release❤️ Went swimming, water is so warm.
July 31
April dropped the girls off for breakfast. I made breakfast burritos and then headed down to the beach. We met up with Ann and the girls and April joined us a little later. Tom and I stayed on the beach and we both fell asleep. Needless to say we got a little burned. April invited us to a party at her cousins house but we were both too burned and tired to do anything.
Aug 1
We woke up to no electricity. Most of the area lost it because of a storm. We headed down to the beach and around 2 the electricity came back on. We walked up the hill to the path that takes to to the top for a beautiful view. We have been so blessed with awesome weather.
That night we went to Mermaid beach for a family campfire and marshmallows. It was a beautiful
night.
Aug 2
Tommy came today around 8pm. We spent day at beach and watched a beautiful sunset.
Aug 3
We stopped over Donna and Mikes to see Tommy, then headed back to campground. I went down to beach and read for awhile.
Aug 4
We headed over to the Mabou farmers market, met everyone there and then went to Coal Mine Beach. The water was too rocky so it wasn’t much fun swimming. After we went back to campground for supper.
Aug 5
Our last day in Cape Breton. We went to beach and then to Red Shoe for supper.
Aug 6
We packed up and headed out around 9 am. Stopped for coffee on the way. It’s about 6 hour drive and went over the bridge to get there. Pretty cool drive. We stayed at the Prince Edward Island National Campground in Stanhope. The campground was very nice and lovely restrooms. We could walk across the street to the ocean, which was very nice. Everything here is tinted red because of the iron in the land.
Aug 7
We took off to ride over to Anne of Green Gables in Cavendish and walked around the property along a beautiful path. Then a drive around the island and stopped at a cute restaurant for lunch and off to Basin Head Provincial Park in Souris which is famous for Singing Sands and the bridge everyone jumps off. The beach was very nice but also crowded. We stayed awhile then headed back to campsite.
Aug 8
We got up and headed over to Cape Enrage, Barn Marsh Beach where we could view the tide, which at the time was low tide. We took a ride down the road to the cute light house and visited the area for a while. We than went to Hopewell Rocks because at low tide you can walk on the ocean floor. This was so amazing to walk among the vertical rock formations that are over 50 feet high. The tide can rise over 33 feet a minute. Later in the day we tried to drive back to Barn Marsh Beach to see the high tide but the fog was so bad we had to turn back.
August 9
We headed over to Hopewell Rocks to walk on the ocean floor where the tides are the highest in the world. The rock formations caused by tidal erosion was simply amazing. They stand 40-70 feet tall!
August 10
We headed to Blackwoods Campground located about 5 miles from Bar Harbour ME for two nights. This is in Acadia National Park. Very pretty area which we took rides into Bar Harbour center and walked some pretty trails.
August 11
We took a ride to Thunder Hole in Acadia and walked along the ocean. We went into town for dinner and got a delicious lobster ❤️ We headed back to the campsite and just relaxed for our next adventure.
August 12
We headed over to Woodland Acres Campground in Brownfield ME. A neighborhood friend owns this campground so we decided to stay here for a couple of nights. It was very nice and campsites were spacious. We arrived later in afternoon so we went out to get ice and just hung around. Took a walk behind our site down to the Sacco River.
August 13
We got up to head up to Mt Washington About 2 hour drive but when we got there we took the Cog Railway up to the top. Just an amazing ride! Got real foggy as we headed to the top and when we got there it was pretty thick and chilly. Just a beautiful mountain and so glad we did this.
August 14
Headed home 🙁
