Day 35 – September 24

Woke up to rain but it was spotty. Good breakfast in town and then back on the trail again. Shifting down the north shore of Cape Breton and then moving south east across the causeway to the eastern shore.

Drove along the Margaree area full of beautiful farms, hillside colours and uprooted trees – mostly birch.

Fall colours

Spent an hour or so on the beach at Inverness collecting more rocks. The golf course would be a lot of fun someday. Passed on through Mabou – home of the Rankins – and into Port Hood. Al McGinnis who helped Calgary Flames win their one and only (so far) Stanley Cup came from Port Hood.

Inverness Beach.

Drove across the Canso Causeway and headed southeast along the Marine Trail and Guysborough County to Canso…the birth place of Stan Rogers.

Hurricane Dorian left lots of evidence in Nova Scotia.
Across the Canso Strait.
Bit of a foggy drive along Canso Straits.

Before dinner and after signing in to the Last Port Motel, we took a super walk on the Black Duck Cove trail in Little Dover.

Along the Black Duck trail
Along the boardwalk
Lots of odd looking trees showing the prevailing wind direction…and salt spray.
Tammy and her mom.