July 22
Travel Halifax to North Sydney, NS
Met some BCer’s last night in the campsite and they thought they would be
the only ones from BC but there were two other vehicles from BC in the campsite
as well as us.
Of course they know of
Kitimat, since they have relatives living there.
Traveling to Newfoundland,
we found out that some people do not want to
do the long ferry ride so are putting their RV’s in storage and flying over
then renting a car and using B&B’s.
Another couple we met are leaving their RV’s in storage in North Sydney,
taking the ferry over and then B&B or hotels while there.
Last night in Halifax, full moon
Leaving Halifax back through Truro then onto the TCH to Antigonish.
I like that name.
In 1999 we stopped there over night and went
to a little converted school house to have a great lobster dinner.
The new highway bypasses the town so I didn’t
see the restaurant that was along the highway.
We stopped in Aulds Cove so Marg & John could pick up a lobster sub
for lunch.
We already had ours.
Leaving the parking lot, we almost got side
swipped!!
The guy was watching traffic
to cross the highway and not us pulling out.
To get to Cape Breton Island you cross on the Canso Causeway.
It is 244 M wide and an estimated 10 million
tons of rock were used to build it.
We
drove to St. Peter’s Canal, a national historic site of Canada.
We sat on the rocks near where people were
fishing and ate our subs.
Then we walked
along the water way to the locks on the canal.
It took 15 years to blast and dig an 800 meter long passage through the
solid granite hill from 1854 to 1869.
It
is the only double “V” lock system in N. America.
Bras d’Or Lake is the largest N American salt
water lake which saved the sailors 60 miles of travel by going through Lake
Bras d’Or and avoiding the Atlantic Ocean to get to the Newfoundland fishing
grounds and trading.
Some road construction going on near Soldiers Cove but we got there just as
the long line of one way traffic was following the pilot car.
Going through Big Pond we stopped at Rita
MacNeil’s Tea House to have tea and dessert.
We camped for the night in North Sydney at the Arm of Gold RV Park.
Very nice and clean.
Beautiful sunset.
Sunset at Arm of Gold campsite
Daily Stats:
Today's distance: 424 km
Weather: Sunshine with clouds; High: 26 degrees; Lo: 19 degrees
Diesel Price: $135.8 and Reg Gas $141.8/lt
Wildlife: Deer
Campsite:
Arm of Gold RV Campground,
North Sydney, $36.95 – full hookups
Walking: 5 km
Today's news event: William & Kate (Middleton) baby boy 8 lb 6 oz
Ferry rate: $388 one way (40 – 50 ft long & over height) N Sydney to
Port au Basque 6 hours
Argentia to N Sydney (14 hours on ferry & as above) about $1400 with
cabin one way
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