Today we left New Glasgow NS headed for the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. The park is on the upper part of NS and shows as an island on the map, separated from the rest of NS by water.
However, in fact, we did not cross over a bridge to get there but crossed by a causeway. Which, in my mind, makes it no longer an island.
Anyway, the trip is well worth the effort. I don't think I have seen visual scenery anywhere in the states that compares to this park.
And the roads are excellent, for the most part and twisty, and up and down.
So,
Here are some pictures. (I have not mounted the video camera due to the rain). Not that the rain would bother the camera but it would affect the image quality.
And the pictures below, do not do the scenery justice.
As I said above. as far as roads to travel, this one is well worth the trip. The road through the park is in excellent shape. Whenever you leave the park, the roads are not so good.
As we traveled back down the eastern side of the island to Sydney, our stop for the day, I was amazed to see a strange turn symbol on the GPS. Its a new one and the next turn is usually shown as a vertical line with a perpendicular line showing the intersection turn direction. For limited access highways, it shows three parallel lines with one in bold to show the off ramp.
This symbol had a short horizontal line with a bump. I had not seen this before. So I tapped the symbol (it gives more information). and it said "Ferry". I was not aware there was a ferry on this part of the route.
The ferry was about a 100 yard ride. Unlike the ferry I took several years ago across the Green River in Kentucky, this was almost a real ferry. But it falls into the category of the second shortest ferry ride I have ever taken.
The ride is so short, we did not even get off the bikes. The cost $5.50 CA. The ferry in Kentucky is free.
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