9.29.13 Sunday Cheticamp,Cape Breton to Sherbrooke

It’s another day of beautiful weather to continue down the west coast to Cape Breton Island.  As we continued on the Cabot Trail the mountains slowly moved to the east.  Ok, they didn’t really move, but became farther inland. 

  

The church tower in the town of Cheticamp was visible for 30 miles.  It was a prominent feature on the horizon when we would reach a hill top along the coast.  Cheticamp is a natural harbor that is over three miles long and ¼ mile wide.  There are fishing boats of just about every size, and they can be seen from the main road.

 We needed some bread so a stop at Charlie’s in Cheticamp seems like the thing to do.  Who needs a Walmart when you have Charlie’s?  Charlie's has everything!  Shopping goes easier if you speak French, but English will work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the town of Maragree Forks we left the Cabot Trail because it turned inland and crossed the mountains and would put us back on the same road we were on the first day we arrived in Cape Breton.

 Now the town names change from French to Scottish.  Dunvagan, Inverness, MacCormick’s Corner, Glengarry.  At Inverness I found a pull-off for lunch next to some dunes along the beach.  Being the curious individual I am, I climbed the dunes to find a golf course that must have stretched a mile long.

 

Remember the McLobster sign from a few weeks ago?  Well, we arrived back to Port Hawksbury and I had to try one.  I love lobster but it was like a cold sub and not quite what I had expected…Ok, but once was enough…Well twice…Linda only took one bite and put it back in the box and said it could be for my lunch tomorrow. The McLobster is available in all the Atlantic Canadian McD's.  Then it was good bye to Cape Breton Island.

 

In an hour we were headed down route 7 toward Stillwater and Sherbrooke. The terrain became low rolling hills with lush green farms.  There were many dairy farms and the Holsteins looked really healthy. 

 

We found a campground on a lake and enjoyed a quiet evening.  Four rental motor homes pulled in together and all took spaces alongside each other.  All were couples from Germany and it was somebody’s birthday.  It was interesting to hear “Happy Birthday to You” sang in two languages at once!