Truro, NS to North Sydney, NS

It rained overnight and we woke up to sunny skies. As we ate breakfast, the skies opened up again, but not for long. We were able to break camp and head out for a day of sun, clouds and cloudbursts.

We headed to Cape Breton Island which has its own French and Celtic heritage. The ladies at the Welcome Center had a definite brogue. We stopped at the Welcome Center in the sunshine and got out to have lunch at a picnic table overlooking the Strait of Canso, separating Cape Breton from the rest of Nova Scotia. Three bites into the sandwich and the skies clouded over, and before long, the deluge. But before the rain started we had a great view of a bald eagle soaring overhead.

We took a scenic route that had a road resembling a Pinchot road, with multiple holes and patches. This route took us around Bras d'Or Lake with few scenic spots, but one of them is in the photo included in this post.






We came to our campsite, which is located at a very scenic spot overlooking a bridge spanning a waterway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Bras s' Or Lake. A little lighthouse can be seen across the water.












It has been interesting being back in the land of metric measurements. Today, the high was 21. Mike reminds me the easy way to calculate this temp in Fahrenheit is to double the number and add 30. I am not so good with rainfall measurement-it is in millimeters-25 millimeters expected today. Gas is 107.9 a liter, so that is over $4.00 a gallon. I am sort of ok with distance, kilometers. They go by faster than miles, although distances are farther in numbers. This week was Canada Day (July 1st) and the grocery stores had all the usual decorations that you could buy for your cookout, including napkins with "eh!" imprinted. It is easy to fall into the accent-oout and aboout. You have to love this country! Oh yes, we are on Atlantic Time, which is one hour ahead of Eastern. When we get to Newfoundland, we add 30 minutes ahead. Nice having your own time zone.