Thursday June 20th

As I write this, I am watching the sun set over Lake Ainslie on Cape Breton, listening to the loons and watching the fish jump, sigh..

It feels like every day, we mellow out just a little bit more!
We stopped to visit Rita's (my sister-in-law, Arnie's wife)  sister this morning on our way out of Halifax. The last time I saw Karen was 30 years ago! She made us feel so welcome, we had a great visit, and of course she knew our little dog Max from when he was with Arnie and Rita
Our trip to Cape Breton was really only 5 hours, but the size of the "hills" seem to be bigger here.  I can only compare this to the foothills of the Rockies.  The scenery here is just breath taking, wild and beautiful!
We stopped for lunch at one of the service centres and parked so that we could have a picnic on the hill overlooking the highway as it wound up and over a huge hill.
Our campground at Wood Haven is smallish, but our site is right on the lake, so perfect for us.

The people are so friendly here.  Almost everybody stops to talk and not only has a story to tell, but wants to hear yours!  It took us 45 min. to get to the campstore for icecream.
Well, the sun really is going down now-  I did get a picture of that sunset!  Wish I could share it with you, but the pix don 't seem to work this trip.  Oops the mosquitos have zeroed in on me, time to go in.