Thursday, July 15, 2010

We took the ferry, Atlantic Vision, back to Nova Scotia on Tuesday. The Atlantic Vision is the newest ferry traveling between Newfoundland and North Syndey, Nova Scotia. It was a very nice ship. The ride was slightly "rolling" and foggy for the first part of the ride, but the fog lifted and the sea was very smooth most of the way. We stayed in the same KOA in North Syndey that we stayed at on the way to NL. The photo to the left is the view of a bridge from the campground. What is unusual is the U.S. flag. It was standing alone, no Canadian flag anywhere around. One of our Canadian readers can probably answer the question, "Did the U.S. buy Nova Scotia?"




We had a great time in Newfoundland-Labrador! We thank all of our friends from Newfoundland for their time and hospitality. Thanks to Clarence and Jean Butt, Les and Shirley Smith, and Sterling and Joan Elliott; you were each part of the highlights of our stay on "The Rock." We even had a little withdrawal or sadness when we left. It was the highlight of our trip! We hope to come back sometime.


















On our way back, we stopped at the Gaelic College on Cape Breton, near Baddeck, on the Cabot Trail. The young bag piper was playing his bag pipe when we arrived. He said he had been coming to the school every summer for the past 6-8 years. He has to stand out by the gift shop for two hours each day for two weeks. When we were leaving he asked if we had any bug spray. He was getting bitten by "black flies." Dave has ancestors from the area on the Scotish side of his family, therefore the picture next to the ???.




We stayed in Truro Wednesday night. It rained in the afternoon quite hard and the campground was very wet. No gravel pads, we camped on grass.

Thursday, we drove Dave and Ruth to the airport in Halifax and said good bye after three weeks travelling with them. There will be no more bridge in the evening- back to cribbage. We really enjoyed their company and will now be on our own for a while.