Plan B in Baddeck, NS

After getting into Baddeck, we found a place to stay. We found a nice cabin at the Telegraph Hotel off the main strip in Baddeck.

We walked around, had a drink at the Yellow Cello, and chose the Lynwood Inn to eat supper.

Jeffrey had steak and shrimp, and I had lobster and mussels. We were planning to drive the Cabot Trail the next morning, but it was looking as if weather had a different plan…
We woke up to slight drizzles and chance of showers with a great forecast tomorrow. We decided on Plan B, hang out in Baddeck and then head to Sydney to visit family.
After a couple of coffees and cranberry scone from the bakery across the street, we had some good conversation with our neighbour Tom who did the Cabot trail the day before.

We headed down to the Alexander Graham Bell museum that outlines the genius that he was. He not only invented the telephone, but was the father of speech therapy and had an avid interest in flight and hydrofoil technology. He and his family had a home in Baddeck as it reminded him of his roots in Scotland.

We had some beautiful views in Baddeck…

But then it was time to head to Sydney when trouble happened…..

Jeffrey noticed the back tire was squishy, and after a quick check, found a nail in our back tire. He aired it up on our way to see family.
Once we hit Sydney, he found that we lost 10 psi in 3 hours… So we added slime to plug the hole…

We visited Aunt Marie….and Tessie….

And Uncle Jim and Aunt Mary….

They gave us a wonderful meal and place to stay…. And before both of them, we saw Grandma one more time, and she insisted on going for a ride…

(Her idea… Ok… She didn’t ride, but she did ask us to hide her cane! ) Hooha Grandma!