june 21

greetings!!
firstly, some blog business ... 1) some of you have wanted to post comments but have been unable. we think we've resolved this, so please add your comments.  2) we know that the photos are either not coming thru or else are upside-down. we'll fix this after we get home; just putting in place-holders for now.
so, today we arose to a gorgeous sunny day, with a plan to get to cape breton to do the cabot trail.
getting there from here (lake aisley) took about 1.5 hours cuz of the terrain ... hills, curves, hills, curves.
the trail is everthing you've ever heard ... breathtakingly beautiful treed mountains, dozens of lookout points, windy steep narrow roads cut thru the woods and zigzagging their way up and down the slopes. we were well-advised by a few people to not take our camper along, and that was a good thing cuz even the car itself was struggling on a few of the steep slopes.

met a few interesting folk when we stopped at the scenic lookouts, including a couple where he is german and she is canadian, so they live half the year in berlin and half in sharbot lake north of belleville. also couples from maine, hawaii, ottawa, and one from north carolina celebrating their 50th anniv today.  considering the terrain / road to get to the cabot trail, it really is amazing how many cars we saw! lots of souvenir shops and restaurants of course - we did stop for tea and pie at a quaint restaurant overlooking a bay.  still had our picnic at one of the lookouts - with a view of the mountains all around us! We were on the watch for whales but never saw any.  lots of "whale watching" boats were on the prowl, but even they don't promise!!

we got an incredible picture of max with the ocean behind him!! (oh and some of us too)

in the afternoon some clouds began to roll in and just when we reached the campsite  it began to pour ruthlessly along with a windstorm that rattled the camper (and thunder that rattled all of us). that lasted for about 30 minutes, then downgraded to a normal rain, and appears to have ended now (about 2 hours). the sky is brightening and things appear on the upswing.