本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Checking the weather again, and found that the weather pattern had changed. No rain in Cape Breton in the next few days. So we would execute plan A again.
We drove from Mocton towards Cape Brenton, Nova Scotica. It was Tuesday August 11. The plan was to drove the whole Cabot Trail and stop at camping site for two nights. But I still had not decided whether I should do it clockwise or counterclockwise when we crossed Canso Causeway and drove on HWY 105 towards Baddeck. We stopped for gas and directions for my GPS was suggesting me make shortcuts. The lady we asked said you could go both directions. clockwise for the mountain view and counterclockwise for the sea view. And when you done one, come back and do another one in the opposite direction. Well, I would if I had time. The decision was made when I missed a left turn to Margaree; so we could only do counterclockwise route which was actually my preferred route.
The first stop on Cabot trail was at St. Ann's Bay. I took pictures of beautiful bogs while my wife cooked lunch there. Then we drove around sea shore and the view was fantastic. We stopped at lookouts and wished to spot whales. But whale watching was not what you could expect in a few minute stops.
Finally, we stopped at Broad Cove camping site. Asking for a camping site, the girl in the booth gave me a map and asked me to find a camping site we liked before booking. So we drove all the way to the beach, picked a site closest to the beach. My daughter was excited about the beach. She went when we were setting things down. When we joined her, she was throwing rocks into the wave with smile that I had not seen during the trip so far. I asked her to come with us hiking a trail at Middle Head. She was not willing to but followed us. The sun already went down to the hill on the west and it was cold with the wind from the ocean. When we reached the trail head, J refused to go and preferred stay in the car reading Harry Porter. My wife and I went to the trail but it was really getting dark. So we turned back to the camping site.
After diner, we carried headlamps and went to the beach again. Shut of headlamps and sit on rocks in the dark; wave rushed to the shore break the silent of darkness; stars popped up into sky and suddenly, we saw a dim light on the horizon of the sea. We thought it could be a camping fire, but there was no land on horizon. It was the moon rising from the clouds. It lit up clouds around it; and sometimes thick clouds overtaken the reflection from the moon. Watching the change of light and darkness over the ocean, we sit on rocks for a long time until the moon jumped out of clouds and spray shine layer of light on the wave.
It was the first time that J expressed she want camping instead of hotel.更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
We drove from Mocton towards Cape Brenton, Nova Scotica. It was Tuesday August 11. The plan was to drove the whole Cabot Trail and stop at camping site for two nights. But I still had not decided whether I should do it clockwise or counterclockwise when we crossed Canso Causeway and drove on HWY 105 towards Baddeck. We stopped for gas and directions for my GPS was suggesting me make shortcuts. The lady we asked said you could go both directions. clockwise for the mountain view and counterclockwise for the sea view. And when you done one, come back and do another one in the opposite direction. Well, I would if I had time. The decision was made when I missed a left turn to Margaree; so we could only do counterclockwise route which was actually my preferred route.
The first stop on Cabot trail was at St. Ann's Bay. I took pictures of beautiful bogs while my wife cooked lunch there. Then we drove around sea shore and the view was fantastic. We stopped at lookouts and wished to spot whales. But whale watching was not what you could expect in a few minute stops.
Finally, we stopped at Broad Cove camping site. Asking for a camping site, the girl in the booth gave me a map and asked me to find a camping site we liked before booking. So we drove all the way to the beach, picked a site closest to the beach. My daughter was excited about the beach. She went when we were setting things down. When we joined her, she was throwing rocks into the wave with smile that I had not seen during the trip so far. I asked her to come with us hiking a trail at Middle Head. She was not willing to but followed us. The sun already went down to the hill on the west and it was cold with the wind from the ocean. When we reached the trail head, J refused to go and preferred stay in the car reading Harry Porter. My wife and I went to the trail but it was really getting dark. So we turned back to the camping site.
After diner, we carried headlamps and went to the beach again. Shut of headlamps and sit on rocks in the dark; wave rushed to the shore break the silent of darkness; stars popped up into sky and suddenly, we saw a dim light on the horizon of the sea. We thought it could be a camping fire, but there was no land on horizon. It was the moon rising from the clouds. It lit up clouds around it; and sometimes thick clouds overtaken the reflection from the moon. Watching the change of light and darkness over the ocean, we sit on rocks for a long time until the moon jumped out of clouds and spray shine layer of light on the wave.
It was the first time that J expressed she want camping instead of hotel.更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net