Cabot Trail - Last Group Day Before the Big Split

Today was a long day full of beautiful scenery and Nova Scotia character. It was 250 miles around the northern most end of NS and it was worth every mile, every hour. Absolutely gorgeous. We did stop for lunch at a local eatery which just happened to be overlooking another gorgeous bluff with blue ocean, sail boats, warm weather, good food, and friendly people. Everyone we have come in contact with here has been extremely friendly and willing to give us information and assistance and ideas. Bone has a thing about lobster - here he tries his luck and taking one from a wooden fisherman.


This is lupine - a wildflower here that is about 10 times larger than what we can grow in TN. Fields of these flowers - beautiful.

Tom and Debbie at one of many stopping points on the Cabot Trail around NS.


Sandra and John. John was the leader of the pack today and Sandra was our driver. Only a few U-turns - nothing we couldn't fix with a little time.
John and Pat being siblings . . .

Patsy and Pam were walking at 7:00 a.m. looking across the bay at Alexander Graham Bell's home place where his great grandson lives today. It was misty this morning . . .

Ryan. He is fun to travel with.

Inland portion of the trail - didn't last all that long as we quickly found ourselves back on the coastline.

This picture was taken at the end of the road. We could not go any further north on pavement as the fishing boats were crowding the harbor with their catch for the day. It was awesome to know we were as far north as we could go.




South

Traveling south down the coast in the late afternoon.

Staying in a line - trying to stay together.
We were forced . . .

Lunch time -

This raven actually sat very still in this treetop while we took several pictures. As soon as we began walking away, he also flew. Kind of eerie, like Edgar Allen Poe.


Sorry the pictures are not in order. It is late and everyone is very tired.


Today is Canada Day, the day they celebrate like we celebrate the 4th. We walked to the waterfront about 9:30 p.m. and enjoyed the fireworks display over the water. We were all tired, but still the celebration was worth the short walk.


LAST DAY -
The group will split in the morning. PawnDog, Rash, Ryan and Bone will leave at 6:00 a.m. headed for Niagra Falls. They are attempting to ride 1000 miles tomorrow to certify themselves as members of the Iron Butt Association. Certified - that's a good description.

The rest of the guys will leave around 9:00 headed further north to Newfoundland and beyond. They have another 2 weeks of riding in front of them.

The girls will head back to Halifax on Wednesday with the hopes of shopping a little before leaving for Knoxville on Friday.



From this point forward, Boog is in charge of the blog. He will have his laptop and will have all the pictures. It's been fun . . .