Our trip to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

Like one of our square dance callers says - so far so good.  We have had a pretty trouble free trip.  The engine has performed flawlessly.  We had another small problem with our heater, but figured out what was causing it and it is now fixed. 

Friday, June 12th we drove to Baddeck on Cape Breton (still Nova Scotia).  We stayed in an RV park there, caught up on laundry, and drove towards Sydney for a tour of Louisbourg Fortress on Saturday.  It was pouring when we arrived and did a 1 hour tour with a guide.  But, fortunately, it quit raining and we were able to walk around a little more with out getting too wet. 

Sunday, June 14th we drove north to do Cape Breton Highlands National Park.  We drove about 60 miles - took us a while - the road was rough and stopped at a campground at South Harbor.  We took the jeep out for a tour and drove as far north as we could to a place called Meat Cove.  Where it got it's name we don't know.  The views were wonderful, but it was very windy.

The next day dawned beautiful.  I had wanted to do a whale watching tour.  We went out on the 10 am tour from Pleasant Bay.  We did see one whale twice - not much activity out there. And, we saw several seals.  It was fun and beautiful.  The ride was two hours on a 9 person (plus pilot) zodiac.  They dressed us up in warm insulated suits.  It was quite comfortable.

We drove a few more miles and stopped in a campground right on a bluff overlooking the ocean.  From the campground we did a 4 mile round trip hike to a waterfall.  We kept hoping to see a moose, but never did.  The wind blew like crazy that night.  The next day it was cloudy and windy.  We drove to the Woods Island Ferry where we just missed the 3:00 boat.  So, we waited for the 6:15.  It was fine - we took a nap and I cooked dinner in the motorhome while waiting.  The ferry delivered us to Prince Edward Island 75 minutes later.  By then it was raining pretty good.  We stopped about 3 miles away in a provincial park right on the water.  We were the only ones in the campground.  But, it had 50 amp service and all we needed for the night.

We drove about 60 miles to a campground near Charlottetown, PEI.  We'll be here for two nights.  Tomorrow we will go see Anne of Green Gables area.  Also, we have tickets to a musical about Anne of Green Gables.