Cheticamp
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A Misty Highland Day
... the hillsides are lush. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate today. We stopped at the Whale museum in Pleasant Bay. It was definitely worth the stop. We spent the afternoon in Cheticamp and found a dry place to stay. ...
Up the West side
... foliage and the ocean - even on an overcast day - was unforgettable. Our first stop along the Trail was at Cheticamp - the entrance to Cape Breton Highlands National Park. This is an Acadian village, proud of its heritage! We stopped ...
Day #8....We're on the road again,....
Today was a pretty easy day to tell you about because we did most of our activities once again in the van. We had breaky of toast and fruit salad and hit the road, unfortunatly, at about 11:11. We headed for the Cabot Trails and enjoyed the amazing ...
The Cabot Trail
... a good lunch in the pub while listening to live music. It was a grey and deary afternoon when we finally made camp at Cheticamp in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. It stayed like that the rest of the day and rained overnight. We woke up ...
Come here, Mr. Watson, I need you.
... Acadian community on the northwest shore of Cape Breton Island. Set up our tent at the Cape Breton Highlands National Park - Cheticamp campground Supper out tonite - to the Harbourside Restaurant (in Cheticamp) - Brian ordered crab for supper - he looked ...
Cabot Trail
September 6, 2009 Had a good sleep in (Cheticamp) campground but it was very cool and somewhat damp on waking. Ate ‘camping’ breakfast - (raisin bran/yogurt) then headed up the Cabot trail - spectacular scenery, passed many cyclist climbing ...
Von Walen und Elchen
Auf der anderen Seite des Cape's wird die Kueste noch einmal wilder, sie faellt hier mancherorts senkrecht ins Meer. Auf unserer Fahrt machen wir immer wieder Halt, um auf das wunderbar blaue Meer hinauszuschauen. Hoch oben auf einem solchen Ausblick hat ...
Moose hunt
... with Matt. After a (long) stop so Gabby could buy some gifts for her family we continued on our way to find lunch at Cheticamp. The sun was fighting to come out and sure enough about 2pm as we were finishing our food the wind had helped blow away the low ...
Whales and MacIntosh Brook
Weather is staying cool and somewhat rainy -- which is too bad. It does make us happy to be in RV's though! Today, we decided to go to Pleasant Bay (just outside the northwest corner of the park) to visit the Whale Interpretative ...
Driving to Cape Breton
... were absolutely fantastic!!! We all agreed -- we have to find more of this! At the national park near Cheticamp, they use communal firepits: shared between probably 10 sites. This turned out to be a lot of fun ...
Sometimes, words and pictures fail to capture it
... headlands of Cape Breton, on the Cabot Trail (every road around here is a "Trail", some sort of scenic tourist road) above Cheticamp. The perfect panorama, the sky and sea and highlands and valleys open all around you and we had the perfect sunny ...
Shrines & Scarecrows?
... I really hope my pictures do it justice. So I am now officially on the Cabot Trail. Decided to spend the night in Cheticamp which is just on the edge of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Found a campground and settled in for the ...
Rain on the road
... usual glass or two of wine. The sunset from the window is perfect and has attracted a few tourists to watch. Cheticamp is an Arcadian settlement - lots of people descended from the first French immigrants to colonize Canada. We ...
The Cabot Trail
... mountain peaks and the lupins were rampant. We'll let the photos speak for themselves. Arrived in the late afternoon in Cheticamp, a strong French Acadian village on the western side of the park. Pleasantly found out that the ocean water is quite ...
Hikes in the Highlands
... . After lunch, I did another hike on the L'Acadien trail - it was about a 10 km loop that climbing the mountains above Cheticamp and followed ridges for aways before dropping down a canyon on the backside of the ridges. Good workout after the flat morning ...
WHALE WATCHING/SIGHTS in CHETICAMP
A "must do". View the videos. (Quick Time or iTunes - or find you a player that works) Old Church from the 1800s-note the beautiful stained glass windows, organ and French ...
Cheticamp- Glace Bay
The weather was pretty terrible today, so we decided to drive to another part of the island to have a look around. Originally we were planning to visit the city of Sydney, but we ended up at the rather unimpressive Glace Bay, just in time to turn around ...
North Sydney jusqu'à Chéticamp, NS
*** ENGLISH BELOW *** North Sydney jusqu'à Chéticamp, NS Quel nuit mouillée! Je ne suis pas sûre d'avoir déjà mentionné au début du voyag que ma tente était à l'épreuve de l'eau et même des ouragans. Ceci est généralement vrai, en ...
Les premiers jours dans l'boutte de Chéticamp
... en face de la porte du directeur s'est levé debout, ça m'a pas mal surpris. C'est alors que j'ai entendu par l'intercom, un Ô Canada chanté par des enfants. De toute beauté. Disons que j'ai encore été surprise ce matin, d'ici à la fin-mai 2012 je ...
Presque 3 semaines déjà!
Woooooo, déjà plus que deux semaines ont passé depuis que je vous ai écrit!? Moi qui croyais qu'en étant 1 heure plus tard dans les maritimes, tout allait se dérouler plus lentement… Je me trompe! Parlant de cette différence d’heure, ...
Cabot Trail - Cheticamp to Meat Cove
... any grey seals, as apparently the tours often do. But the scenery was gorgeous, and there were plenty of whales. Afterwards we drove further north on the Cabot Trail, ending up at the lovely Meat Cove, before returning back to our motel in ...
I'm always sorry when pleasant things end
... at one more beach to get one last view of beautiful Cape Breton and the ocean. At the end of the trail is Cheticamp, a small Acadian fishing village. There were Acadian flags everywhere and all the signs were in French and English. We loved the Acadian ...
Cape Breton Highlands N.P. Day 2
... . The fellow at the booth said that Corney Brook was probably usable now, but I opted not to drive back. I found a nice site at Cheticamp any way where I could setup my tent under the trees. Setting up there, and then, turned out to be a good idea... ...
The Cabot didn't disappoint
Today we got off a little later than planned as we gave Steve some time to order a windscreen from a bike shop in Halifax. Our original intent was to get up at 8am and be out by 9am, but it took a bit to get Steve sorted out and then Ian got ...
Cabot Trail!
We drove the cabot trail! Amazing! Words can not explain how beautiful this place is! You'll have to wait for ...
Cabot Trail to Cheticamp
... pretty territory although a bit early for the colours. I "ooh'd" and "aah'd" my way around there and stayed in Cheticamp, an Acadian village, which I found very tastefully done. There is a very nice restaurant called the Harbour restaurant, which I ...
Et le temps passe
... environ 5-6 fois en 1 mois! Nous y avons fait quelques petites randonnées pédestre. Nous sommes allés au bout du Canada (un des bouts entk) à Meat Cove. Toutes les petites villes côtières au Cap Breton sont vraiment magnifiques. Des paysages à ...
Whale Watching
... einen wunderschönen Ausblick auf den Cabot Trail und in die Berge hinein. Natürlich sieht man auch das Wasser in der Tiefe. Cheticamp ist die größte akadische Gemeinde in Nova Scotia und das spiegelt sich deutlich in den Häusern wieder. Überall ...
1 mois
Bon, je l'avoue, je ne suis pas une bonne blogueuse. La dernière fois que j'ai écrit c'était en novembre 2011... Pourtant j'adore suivre des blogs (hum c'est peut-être ça le problème, j'aime mieux les suivre que les écrire). Bref, on est le 14 ...
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