Category: Nova Scotia

Hiking at Broad Cove and Middle Head, Nova Scotia

On Monday, July 6th, Day 39 of our trip and the 7th day in Nova Scotia, we drove from the Broad Cove Campground at Ingonish to the Hyclass Ocean Campground near Havre Boucher. That’s a 213-km drive, and the only stop we made was at the Middle Head hiking...
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Hiking the Skyline Trail, Cape Breton

On Sunday, July 5th, Day 38 of our trip and the 6th day in Nova Scotia, we drove 110 km of the Cabot Trail from Chéticamp to Ingonish, and I hiked the 8.2-km Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. In the last post I told you about...
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Driving the Cabot Trail from from Cheticamp to Ingonish

On Sunday, July 5th, Day 38 of our trip and the 6th day in Nova Scotia, we drove 110 km of the Cabot Trail from Chéticamp to Ingonish, and I hiked the 8.2-km Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Telling you about the whole day quickly became...
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Hiking the Acadian Trail, Cape Breton

The main plan for Saturday, July 4th, Day 37 of our trip and the 5th day in Nova Scotia, was for me to hike the 8.4-km Acadian Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. The trailhead was only 15 km from our RV park, so we had lots of...
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To the Alexander Graham Bell museum, and on to Cheticamp

On Friday, July 3rd, Day 36 of our trip, we arriving back in Nova Scotia via Marine Atlantic ferry from Newfoundland – after spending 3 days in Nova Scotia when we first arrived 5 weeks ago, this was now our 4th day in the province. Our only planned stop...
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Aviation history at Harbour Grace, and on to St. John’s

Sunday, June 28th, Day 31 of our trip and the 24th day in Newfoundland, was an extremely varied day, going from the quiet of Chance Cove to the bustle of St. John’s, with a stop at Harbour Grace, an aviation mecca I could spend many hours at. We spent...
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