Every
summer, usually sometime in August, there is one thing that’s on my to-do list
and that is to go on a road trip around the Cabot Trail. The past 4-5 years we
would rent a van so that the whole family could make the trek together, all of
us in one vehicle. This year however, we had less people tagging along, so our
trusting Nissan Sentra was able to take the four of us around the Trail. Before
heading out, we checked the weather updates, got ourselves ready, packed a
lunch and with our cameras fully charged we managed to leave the house by
8:00am. First stop was The Country Kitchen Restaurant in Port Hastings for a
hearty breakfast to keep us going until lunch. Leaving the restaurant, we got on the Trans-Canada
Highway 105 and stopped in at The Red Barn Gift Shop then onto the Cabot Trail
through the Margarees. Along the way we stopped every so often to stretch our
legs and admire the beauty that was surrounding us. The wind was crazy that day
and the waves were crashing on the shores with a loud roar sounding like
thunder. It felt very refreshing (without actually having to go in)! I couldn’t
pass through Chéticamp without stopping at Le Petit Chady Convenience store to
say hello and meet in person a fellow Instagrammer. It was such a pleasure to meet her, I could have
spent all morning chatting. Carl, Julie
and Maeghan were back at the car ready to continue on, so Denise’s daughter
took a quick snapshot of the two of us before I ran off back to the car. Soon
after leaving Chéticamp, we enter the Cape Breton Highlands National Park and
drove along the coastline to the MacIntosh Brook Park for lunch. We spent a
little over half an hour in the picnic area where we found and set up a picnic
table to eat our lunch and then spent a few minutes down by the brook before
getting back in the car to head for the Beulach Ban Falls then Meat Cove and
Bay St Lawrence. By the time we arrived
at the Englishtown Ferry it was 7pm. There we only had a couple of minutes wait
time before getting on the ferry and it takes a couple of minutes to cross St
Anns Bay. Coming off the ferry we headed for Sydney where we had a bite to eat
then onto the old Highway 4 to home. So here we are at the end of another great
day spent with wonderful people and being so thankful for living in such a
beautiful place…