Cape Breton to Halifax

Left the St Ann Motel

Final view of St Ann Bay

Long drive to Halifax,  about half way to Halifax we decided to continue on to Lunenburg - World Heritage site.

A rusty boat at the waterfront

The lower jawbone of a fin whale - 17 feet high

House from 1793 - we took the free tour

Lunch at Kate's - lentil soup

View of Lunenburg from the docks

Back in Halifax, tomorrow we head to Pier 21 to tour the Canada Immigration Museum

We have the rental car until 5:30 pm tomorrow so we may take a drive to Peggy's Cove - home to the most photographed lighthouse in Canada, a 30 minute drive.

Or just stay in Halifax, walk around the harbor area, fill up the gas tank and return the car!

Cape Breton

Windy and rainy - boat tour to Bird Island cancelled - no puffins today.  We may wait until we get to Newfoundland to take a tour.

We drove to Baddeck, 20 miles, and toured Parks Canada Alexander Graham Bell Historic Site.

From there we drove out to look at Bras d'Or Lake and toured a Gaelic village.  A museum site with typical houses from 1800 - 1900, blacksmith building, general store.

To get to the lake and the Gaelic village we took a small ferry - 7 car max - $7 Canadian each way, saved driving the long way around.  The ferry was pulled by a cable, one person operated it, directed us to board and collected the fare.  The ferry schedule - ran on demand.

The on/off ramp lowers to get on/off and up for crossing the channel - we were the first car on.

Two cars going and three cars coming back.

Returned to Baddeck and did laundry down at the Baddeck Marina.  The only place in town with laundry.

Two washers and two dryers for people traveling by boat.

Small marina

Beautiful sunset - the rain finally stopped.

Rainbow out motel front door

Picture taken out motel window

Tomorrow - back to Halifax, 5 hour drive - we will probably make it an 8 hour drive.