Cape Breton - Ingonish/Baddeck
Trip Start
Jul 22, 2006
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Trip End
Aug 05, 2006
Ingonish,
Nova Scotia,
Canada
Monday, July 31, 2006
Every night, there is a bonfire near the beach. It was great to layout on the beach and stare up at the stars. There were some amazing shooting stars leaving long green-coloured tails while we were there. Very relaxing.
Near to the complex there is the wharf, where the local boat tours leave from. If you head out on the pier as the sun starts to set, mackerel come into the small bay to feed
Beach stones
. Between the two of us, we caught about seven to ten of them using spoons. We had dinner at both the complex and at the Seascape Costal Retreat. It's owned and run by the chef, and was the best meal we had in Nova Scotia. If you end up in Cape Breton, dinner here would be a must. I got to eat some shark!!Our next day, when we decided to drive the Cabot Trail, counter-clockwise, to end up in Baddeck, we had cloud and some rain. There were points on the trail where we couldn't see more than three meters ahead of us. So, that makes for some slow driving when going up and down the switchbacks.
The stay in Baddeck was nice, but it was only for one day. That evening we went to the Baddeck Lobster dinners for (you guessed it) a lobster dinner. You paid one price and you got one lobster, all-you-can-eat mussels and chowder, potato salad, coleslaw, soft drinks and coffee/tea. The alcoholic drinks were also reasonably priced.
From Baddeck we started the return journey home. We first headed to Glendale, Cape Breton, where they have the Glenora Distillery. They make the only single-malt whiskey in Canada. From there we passed through Shediac to Moncton, Rivière-du-loup, and back to Ottawa.
