New Province, New Look

View from campground we are in

We left this morning from Woods Island, PEI, on the ferry to Caribou, Nova Scotia. The ride was about 70 minutes and was uneventful. I was amazed at how many vehicles they shoved on that boat. Huge semis, several motor homes and campers, and tons of cars were on there and it wasn't even full. We arrived in Nova Scotia and still had about a couple hours drive to get to Cape Breton Island, which is the northernmost area of Nova Scotia. There was a noticeable difference between NS and PEI. The colors are much more advanced and bright, the mountains are higher, roads are steeper, and it just looks overall different. We are going to spend a few days at Cape Breton. There is a national park here that is supposed to be lovely and a scenic drive called Cabot Trail that is very famous. It is nearly 200 miles of steep cliff type driving so it will take a while to see lots of it. There are supposed to be lots of moose in the park as well as bear and other cool animals. When we leave here, we hope to go down to the main area of NS and see what is there as well. Halifax has a few things I'd like to see.

It finally stopped raining....until just NOW. Luckily it is supposed to be done by tomorrow morning but the wind gusts are to be up to 80....not mph fortunately, but kmh. I THINK that is about 50 mph. In any case, Glenn RUSHED out and put the awning down.

We are really anxious to see more of Cape Breton tomorrow.