We were fortunate to have beautiful weather for today’s
driving and hiking expedition into Cape Breton Highlands National Park. We drove straight to the Skyline Trail entrance
and started the day with a 4 mile hike.
We saw a bald eagle soaring overhead and a quail hiding from a fox that
was stalking it. Fortunately for the
quail we scared the fox away when it saw us taking a picture. The trail is a relatively easy hike through
mostly wooded areas. There is a
boardwalk along the trail head section which all hikers are required to stay
on. The views from the trail headland
were breathtaking. Everyone said that we
would see moose but all we saw were moose signs (hoof prints and poop)!
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| Skyline Trail |
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| Quail along the trail |
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| Cabot Trail from Skyline Trail |
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| View from the trail |
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| Boardwalk at end of trail |
We then drove further along the Cabot Trail to Pleasant Bay
where we had a seafood wrap for lunch (very good). Cabot trail has many convenient pull-offs
where you can stop and take great photos.
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| The only moose we saw! |
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| Fishing Cove |
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| Highlands Plateau |
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| View from one of the pull-offs |
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| Pillar Rock |
We returned to our beautiful B&B for a cat nap.
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| Maison Fiset House |
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| View of Cheticamp Island from our balcony |
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