The Cabot Trail

We started out this morning on the Cabot Trail.  Our first stop was Mary Ann Falls.  this view is from the bridge overlooking Black Brook as it leads to the falls.  You can see an area where there is a short drop and then you can see the drop off.

 

After a walk down lots of stairs this is the view of the falls from below.  We were underwhelmed.

I got a picture of this bee on a flower.

Next stop was Lakies Head.  All of this area is on the Atlantic Ocean coast.

This is a rocky area where we looked for whales and seals.

 

Unfortunately we found neither.

We did find a rock full of cormorants.

This is Black Brook Beach.

This is the drive into Neils Harbour.

They were trying to pull this boat from the water at Neils Harbour.

This is the lighthouse at Neils Harbour.

We ate lunch at the Chowder House.

As we were leaving we saw that they did get the boat out of the water successfully.

The drive along the Cabot Trail is very curvy with many hills and valleys.  It is going to be fun if we decide to do it in the motorhome.

The scenery is really awesome.

We began to see the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the other side of Cape Breton.

 

This black bear was very close to the road and didn’t seem bothered that we stopped to take his/her picture. 

In this area we are very low and close to the water.

In several places we saw what appeared to be man-made sand bars separating part of the bay.

We drove as far as Cheticamp before turning back.

Here is a lighthouse at Cheticamp.

This is some of the scenery on the return trip.  We had been told that it was better going from West to East.

 

         

We stopped at Aspy fault.

And at the overlook for the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

We also could see the Highland Plateau.

We stopped at the MacKenzie River Valley overlook.

It was a beautiful day for a beautiful drive.  Tonight we will have a potluck supper at Karla’s brother’s house.