It really was not 198 miles because we did some back tracking. We got to a park campgrounds in Igonish, Nova Scotia. They did not have any campsites with at least electrical service so we decided to go to another campgrounds. The girl that was on duty at the Park gave me a phone number and I called and they had a site so I reserved it. It was about an hour west the way we had come. The GPS said about 1 hr 30 min. and that seemed way to long for the traffice and the number of Kilometers we had to go. I did not realize about 3 km before the park was a ferry to cross a small streach of water and it turned out the time was accurate on the GPS.
The weather today started out cool and sunny. It warmed some during the day but the clouds moved in and there was some wind. When we got to the campground in the afternoon it was in the low 70’s and this evening there is quite a bit a rain to the north of us and some will come our way during the night.
The ride to Igonish was pretty exciting with twisty roads going up and down the hills with a lot of the Turn Ahead signs advising 30 KPH (less than 20 mph) for the turn. I did take some pictures today while driving and it did not pose a problem with the GPD. We did lose signal as we started to get further east in Nova Scotia but I was able to look at the turn info signs and chose the best road. Some of the roads we were on today were paved maybe 11′ wide with 3′ of shoulder and then weeds & vegitation in the drop off. We were on several “trails” but the one we spent the most time on was called the Cabot Trail that does run the shore line of the ocean. Sometimes it is right on the edge and other times it is maybe 200′ or so back with lots of trees and vegitation between you and the water.
Traffic for the most part was light in the early hours and it got heavier when we got to the southern part of the island. Nova Scotia is a series of islands, some are connected by bridges and others by ferry. The ferry we took today was no cost and it is heavily used. They can only fit 10 to 12 vehicles on the ferry at a time.
This is one of the roads, maybe an hour after we left Hyclass Ocean Campgrounds.
This picture also shows how they carved the road out of the rock face of the Nova Scotia Mountain.
As the road turns we are without water but you can see the exposed roack to the left-center and we will be there in a few minutes.
This picture give a good feel of how steep the face of the rock is. I did not see any “Watch For Falling Rocks” signs. The Canadian Drivers are smarter, There are way fewer signs on the side of the road telling you what to do.
A good look at the coast line ahead and all the trees.
This is the entrance to Caps Kluskap Ridge looking back toward the Hwy. You can just see the water over the trees left-center.
Another look from the same spot as the last pic, but slightly rotated to the right, Great trees and the Nova Scotia mountain on the background.