We took a couple of weeks out of our summer cruising to fly to Nova Scotia where we visited with our daughter-in-law's relations then rented a car and drove northeast to and around Cape Breton and back.
Great weather, astonishingly pretty country. The humidity was a bit of a surprise, I really didn't expect such a different 'feel' from the west coast, though of course we expected the lack of mountains.
We were also surprised at the low level of boating activity we observed.. given the short season we'd expected to see boats sailing everywhere but that wasn't the case, even in good weather. In Cape Breton's Bras'Dor Lakes (really a tidal sea) we did see cruisers about but that was the extent of it. Lots of mooring fields, a few floats and docks, plenty of boats to look at but few were actively being used. It's still a mystery to me.
One thing Nova Scotia does not lack is churches and graveyards!.. I don't think you could drive 10 km without at least one of each, often several clustered together.
We put on about 2500 km (1500 m) in a couple of weeks. It was a great trip and our first 'out east'.
Lunenberg
Bluenose II ready to launch after extensive refit.
Chester
Peggy's Cove
Cape Breton
Halifax/Dartmouth area
Other random images..
Great weather, astonishingly pretty country. The humidity was a bit of a surprise, I really didn't expect such a different 'feel' from the west coast, though of course we expected the lack of mountains.
We were also surprised at the low level of boating activity we observed.. given the short season we'd expected to see boats sailing everywhere but that wasn't the case, even in good weather. In Cape Breton's Bras'Dor Lakes (really a tidal sea) we did see cruisers about but that was the extent of it. Lots of mooring fields, a few floats and docks, plenty of boats to look at but few were actively being used. It's still a mystery to me.
One thing Nova Scotia does not lack is churches and graveyards!.. I don't think you could drive 10 km without at least one of each, often several clustered together.
We put on about 2500 km (1500 m) in a couple of weeks. It was a great trip and our first 'out east'.
Lunenberg
Bluenose II ready to launch after extensive refit.
Chester
Peggy's Cove
Cape Breton
Halifax/Dartmouth area
Other random images..