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Home again

Back home as of Saturday night. Enjoying some wonderful prairie weather....NOT. Wonder when summer will get here? I think I should change my blog name to "Misplaced Ocean Child" because that's what I am. I love the ocean so much - feel so at peace when I am beside it. Yet I would probably miss the prairies if I moved to the ocean (although maybe not....) so I guess the solution is to keep taking trips to be by the ocean as much as I can...as long as I have the financial resources to do so. Guess that's why I am "retired" but still work!!! Anyway I will be updating my blog with more comments and putting in pictures but it's a work in progress.

Still bloggin

Above left - Table Head in Glace Bay - this is the site where Marconi sent his first transatlantic east to west telegraph to England. Above right - My rental car (Nissan Sentra) by the ocean in Glace Bay. Am at Sydney library now - walked by here on the way back to my car. Have been doing some retail therapy here and had my last lobster roll for a late lunch. Celtic music playing in the background at the restaurant - there is a live concert tonight but way past my bedtime - 10:30!!! If I had been staying where we stayed for the convention I'd have gone over but not when I am a half hour drive away as I would want a drinkie poo or two.... I am told there won't be much selection of restaurants in Glace Bay so that is why I had lunch here....my gas tank is full so trying to minimize the driving. The sun is trying to come out so may do the Glace Bay walk if there is a 5 km option - will see. When I get back to the car will phone the B & B and see if they are in, etc.

Pouring cats and dogs in Louisbourg

Glad I went to the fortress yesterday as really pouring today. I'm back at the Louisbourg library for a bit then will hit the road to Sydney. Not sure what I will do when I get there - probably check out the mall. How exciting. The one museum I would be interested in doesn't open until the 15th of June. I will be staying at a bed and breakfast in Glace Bay tonight then flying out tomorrow afternoon. It's been a good trip - not a fantastic one I must admit - but a good one. They all can't be wonderful. Moments ranging from sheer joy (Cape St Mary's comes to mind) to sheer boredom. (like now) Next time I visit the Maritimes it will be in the fall - three times in May (twice because of a convention) is enough as things aren't open. I'm hoping my friend in Germany can join me for the next trip in a few years. If the weather improves (and it's supposed to get sunny this afternoon) I may do the 10 km walk in Glace Bay. We shall see. I had hoped

I love Cape Breton libraries!

Here I am back again. I had seafood fettucine for dinner tonight. It was pretty good - haddock, shrimp, scallops, salmon - the pasta could have been better but oh well. Tried to find a gas station but Joanne at the B & B said the closest one is ten minutes out of town. They used to have four gas stations here but they all closed...sad. Lots of empty stores here. Not sure what I will do tomorrow....heavy rain in the morning and supposedly sun in the afternoon. I am gearing down now. One part of me wishes I had ended up the trip in Halifax - could handle more time in Halifax but that's not to be. I am just enjoying the ocean. I may do the walk in Glace Bay if the weather is good tomorrow afternoon but we shall see. Then again I may just go to the harbour and be by the sea. Oh how I will miss the ocean. Going to sit and read magazines in a bit - the library closes at 8 so will probably stay until then and then go back to the B & B and watch TV. So far I am the

Misty Louisbourg

Here I am in Louisbourg - just back from touring the Fortress. Wow. It is absolutely amazing. Heard stories from the volunteers, toured the many buildings (and hung around the fire) and had hot pea soup for lunch served in pewter bowls with a pewter spoon. I was so cold I needed something to warm me up. It is less than a five minute drive from my B & B. It was crazy as I walked in and the waitress was seating me (on a bench as it was all set up like the 1700's) and I heard "Laurie" and here it was a couple from the walking convention. So I sat with them and had a good visit. It was cold, windy, misty with rain at the end but guess that's pretty "authentic" as they say. It added a mystery to the place that's for sure. I'd have preferred it to be sunny and unauthentic but you can't control the weather. The B & B I am staying at is nice - a modern ranch style house complete with a cute little (or there any other kind) dachsund na

Here I am again

Back at the Baddeck library...hey it's free, dry and warm.... Had my lobster - first time I've apologized to what I am eating...but it was good. But once was enough. I will have a lobster roll before I leave this island but that's it. Had hot gingerbread with whipped cream for dessert - oh yum. Had a glass of wine with my lobster so am suitably warmed up now. :) My B & B is on the "cool side" - okay in bed but otherwise...brrrr.... but the hostess is really nice. And I love the area - right near the water (Bras D'Or lake). I can see a lighthouse from the bathroom! I'm sorry Mr. Lobster!!! (but you sure tasted good!) Hate to see the scales when I am home but oh well. Did not eat a single thing from brekky at 8 this morning so I was hungry. Not sure what's happening tomorrow...put my name in for a 8 hour van trip of the Cabot Trail - if someone else drives it's okay...and then again may head over to Lousisbourg and may do the long w

Hello from Cape Breton

Well here I am at the Baddock library which is a two minute walk from my B & B. (Mother Gaelic's B & B). I decided not to do the Cabot Trail as the prediction is for non stop rain. However...it rained this morning and only overcast this afternoon but then again who knows what it will be like in the mountains. I just didn't feel comfortable doing it on my own if thereis fog and heavy rain. So I can tell my friend Claudia in Germany that I can do the Cabot Trail with her in a couple of years - she said she wanted to meet me in Nova Scotia some day... I had a delightful day. This morning I drove to Uisge Ban water falls named to do some hiking. As luck would have it I met a couple of people from Victoria who were here for the walking convention (I had run into them yesterday and we had a chat) so they walked back to the falls with me and then we did the walk along the river together. It was raining when I started but the huge trees provided shelter and then it stop