Another stellar day! We packed up early and spent a little time on the beach at Five Islands watching the tide. Made the causeway to Cape Breton by midday and rode up the West coast. Cape Breton is technically an island as it is separated from the rest of Nova Scotia by water maybe a little wider than the Ohio. Don got his first look at part of the Cabot Trail and we will be riding the entire loop tomorrow.
We are camped at Meat Cove on a bluff looking out over the Atlantic. Beautiful place despite the name which I believe originated during the whaling industry. It is a long and somewhat treacherous drive back to it on a steep dirt and gravel road, but absolutely stunning scenery. In addition to the pictures in the posts, I’m putting more every day on the gallery page of the full blog site.
Forgot to mention that a rather large black bear ran in front of us yesterday. We haven’t seen any moose yet.
Trivia for the day…Nova Scotia translates to “New Scotland”. Also, the only documented fatal adult human attack by coyotes happened not far from here in Cape Breton National Park in 2009 (fortunately I think I can outrun Don).
TigerTracks 
R I C, see ya real soon. . .
K E Y,
hope you see a M O O S E
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The Cabot Trail looks dangerous and I would imagine difficult on a cycle.
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It was very fortunate that we crossed paths on our trip to NS. My brother Neal and I quite enjoyed the conversation we had with you. We were both pleased that you were able to personally pay tribute to “The Legend”. He certainly appreciated it. After riding his GL1800 today on a 1km beer run we have forbidden him from ever complaining about seats again. Please keep in touch.
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We’re very glad you are here! I will send you our personal contact info after we get home. Maybe we can meet up in North Carolina sometime.
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