Day 9: Saint John, NB to Sydney, NS
bj
A beautiful sunny sunny day. Our road trip today is about 7 hours. Up the coast of NB, then over to NS, through Truro (where the Hurrican was headed yesterday), and on to Sydney. An uneventful trip, only critters we saw were Porcupine road kill. Long windy road up to Sydney; finally arrived around 4:00 ish and checked into our B&B. Our hosts Ann and Alex are a riot. Very, very funny, hospitable and the room was quite lovely with a very large bathroom. If/when we go back to Sydney we will definitely stay with them again.
Dad discovered that the drive through the Cabot trail (one of the highlights of visiting Cape Breton Island) is about 6 hours. Way too long for us to attempt tomorrow as we are headed to PEI. Well, it will give us an excuse to come back. We had dinner at the Govenors Restaurant in town (Sydney is a very small town). Dad had Haddock, Shrimp and Denby Scallops, and I had a "non-menu" item; Steamed lobster with caesar salad.
Mike
This felt a lot longer than the 7 hrs it actually took by car. The delay in Saint John resulted in of course missing Halifax, and the ferry across the Bay of Fundy. And rather than a short 3 hrs drive from Halifax which was the original plan, now faced with a 7 hr road trip.
Found the B & B and out for an early dinner as we only had a chance for a sandwich on the road. Since it was still early suggested we head to the " casino" here in downtown Sydney. As usual I lost $ 12.00 but Mom won it all back so after 2 1/2 hrs we ended up together breaking even. Excitement for downtown Sydney, as the place was packed with local regulars and old timers out for a Sunday night.
A beautiful sunny sunny day. Our road trip today is about 7 hours. Up the coast of NB, then over to NS, through Truro (where the Hurrican was headed yesterday), and on to Sydney. An uneventful trip, only critters we saw were Porcupine road kill. Long windy road up to Sydney; finally arrived around 4:00 ish and checked into our B&B. Our hosts Ann and Alex are a riot. Very, very funny, hospitable and the room was quite lovely with a very large bathroom. If/when we go back to Sydney we will definitely stay with them again.
Dad discovered that the drive through the Cabot trail (one of the highlights of visiting Cape Breton Island) is about 6 hours. Way too long for us to attempt tomorrow as we are headed to PEI. Well, it will give us an excuse to come back. We had dinner at the Govenors Restaurant in town (Sydney is a very small town). Dad had Haddock, Shrimp and Denby Scallops, and I had a "non-menu" item; Steamed lobster with caesar salad.
Mike
This felt a lot longer than the 7 hrs it actually took by car. The delay in Saint John resulted in of course missing Halifax, and the ferry across the Bay of Fundy. And rather than a short 3 hrs drive from Halifax which was the original plan, now faced with a 7 hr road trip.
Found the B & B and out for an early dinner as we only had a chance for a sandwich on the road. Since it was still early suggested we head to the " casino" here in downtown Sydney. As usual I lost $ 12.00 but Mom won it all back so after 2 1/2 hrs we ended up together breaking even. Excitement for downtown Sydney, as the place was packed with local regulars and old timers out for a Sunday night.
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