A nice stiff breeze helped to clear up yesterday’s bad
weather. No rain today but still some
clouds with interludes of sunshine.
Today’s high temperature was in the mid-sixties.
After breakfast we went to the Cape Breton National park
visitor’s center and watched a short movie, viewed the exhibits and talked to a
park ranger who helped us plan which trails we would be exploring. We then drove a few miles into the park and
stopped at the first series of scenic overlooks. The views were just fantastic!
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| Cabot Trail inside the National Park |
We also walked around the town of Cheticamp, did some
shopping and had a demonstration of Acadian rug hooking from one of the hookers
who also happened to work in one of gift shops.
The art of rug hooking is a slowly dying craft in that there are few
young people interested in learning the skill. That’s why the remaining rug hookers sometimes
wear a pin that says “proud to be a hooker”.
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| Both English and French are spoken in Cheticamp |
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| Boardwalk along the Cheticamp Harbor |
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| Cheticamp Harbor |
For dinner we ate at the Harbour Restaurant where we were
treated to a gorgeous sunset. We both
got brave and ordered the snow crab. It
was delicious and well worth the effort it took to eat.
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| Snow crab dinner |
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| sunset over Cheticamp harbor |
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