Arrived in North Sydney after a very smooth crossing and set off immediately for Cape Breton. Finally found a really good bakery/restaurant and stopped there to tame the beast.
The drive through the Cape Breton Highlands on the Cabot Trail was very windy but warm (20 degrees C). We stopped at Ingonish Beach and collected perfect stones from all the cobbles. Hurricane Dorian really stirred things up along the beach as there isn’t much sand right now.
Most of the trees have brown leaves due to the salt spray kicked up during the hurricane winds. We did find a few examples of the red hardwood colours.
Not too much further along we drove up to Mary Ann Falls where we took Cam and Nate about 25 years ago. It was fun to see the falls and pools where they spent hours sliding over the water covered rocks.
We would have been blown away if we stopped for any walks as we continued along the trail through the Cape Breton Highlands National Park Highline Trail especially.
Spent the night in Cheticamp in a cottage right on the ocean. The crows didn’t even try to fly and stayed huddled in the rain on the ground. We however braved the elements and walked along the highway to a marvellous snow crab dinner. It required all our skill and concentration to extract every morsel.
After dinner we moved into the bar and listened to a good duo playing guitar and singing. It turns out the accompanying guitarist played for Rita McNeil.