DAY 12 AND DAY 13 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND TO UISGE BAN FALLS, NOVA SCOTIA

We left Prince Edward Island on a ferry and after a short 75  minute sail we arrived in Caribou, Nova Scotia. We decided to stop for lunch at Swiss Chalet in New Glasgow. We had 1/4 chicken dinners which were pretty good. Then we went on a hunt to find me another suitcase. I had bought enough souvenirs by that time which would not fit in my original suitcase. The thrift store did not yield anything useful so we ended up at a Winners store where there were too many options. But I did manage to find a good Brookstone carryon with good wheels to carry home my treasures. It will be a replacement item when I get home.

Then we drove to Baddeck almost a 2 1/2 hour drive to find Ceilidh (pronounced Kaylee) Country Lodge. It was nice enough but older with an “older smell”. Sadly and very annoyingly the internet was down. I guess I cannot blame it on the lodge because the Rogers network was reeling from an outage “relating to a maintenance upgrade” which shut down much of Canada for awhile. Many businesses would only accept cash or credit cards but no debit cards. More seriously 911 calls were not able to be completed in many areas. I had planned to catch up on blogs posts so it was frustrating to me.

But the beds were good and we slept well. After an adequate breakfast we drove into town where I enjoyed some retail therapy finding a beautiful Celtic pendant among other treasures at local gifts shops. Retail therapy replaced a trip to the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site and then we were on our way to the Cabot Trail.

Our first stop, slightly off the Cabot Trail, was the totally awesome Uisge Ban Falls trail - a Provincial  Park! I can only describe it as “other worldly”. What started out as a gravel lined trail running along a pleasant sounding river soon became  an adventure among amazing tree roots draped over large boulders, moss, the river snaking around more boulders, etc. As the trail continued the boulders became bigger almost causing me to lose  my balance. It was my first day trying out the trekking poles and I was glad to have them. But even then Sue and I decided it was in our best interest not to continue on to Uisge Ban Falls which we could see over the boulders anyway. To our chagrin a group of young children maybe 11-12 years old came along and took the boulders like mountain goats.

So, then it was on to the Cabot Trail.

Not sure what was so funny but I had taken a photo of a small family whose dad was unsuccessfully trying to do a selfie. He returned the favor.

Our counter part going the opposite direction.

Sitting on the front porch hoping to squeeze a little bit of internet so I could work on the blog.

Apparently this is my thinking pose.

One of the gift shops in Baddeck. The other was Celtic something.

So totally worth seeing!

Clovers or Shamrocks I don’t know. But they had these nice little flowers.

First stage of the water fall.

Being silly but trying to eliminate a double chin.