Nova Scotia – HooHa Adventures

Plan B in Baddeck, NS

September 15, 2013November 16, 2013 by HooHaAdventures, posted in Cape Breton motorcycle tour 2013

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!

Rainy Day in Spencer’s Island, NS

September 11, 2013November 16, 2013 by HooHaAdventures, posted in Cape Breton motorcycle tour 2013

We woke up on a rainy Sunday morning, spending the day with family (and off the bike). We drove from Amherst, NS to Spencer’s Island, NS with a few delightful stops in between. First we stopped at the Age of Sail Heritage Centre in Port Greville, NS on the tidal Greville river. After a cup of tea served in proper tea cups, my cousin Rachel gave us a tour of the museum. The museum holds so much history of the shipbuilding industry that used the Minas Basin timber. Her father’s side of the family came from ship captains and some of her own family history was preserved at the museum which made the tour even more interesting.

After the tour, we drove a short distance to the Wild Caraway Restaurant and Cafe in Advocate Harbour, NS on the Bay of Fundy. It is a farm to fork restaurant serving locally sourced fish, meat, and produce including several raised beds right on their property. The restaurant is located in a renovated century old home that supports and sells work from local artists. Reservations are recommended as it has devotees that travel just to eat at this establishment. We enjoyed scrumptious seafood chowder with huge chunks of haddock and scallops, and authentic fish and chips.

After eating, we drove to Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, Nova Scotia’s largest provincial park. It has several day to multi-day hiking trails along the Bay of Fundy coastline. We weren’t able to hike due to the weather, but this is definitely a destination for anyone who enjoys hiking.

We headed to Spencer’s Island where my Aunt and Uncle have a seaside home on the Bay of Fundy. The views were spectacular, and hopefully will house a B&B, inn, event facility, or whatever else they can dream up as it is a shame not to share those views with others.

Their view looks down at a lighthouse and commemorative plaque of the Mary Celeste, a famous mystery of a family that disappeared without a trace from their ship. The Age of Sail museum also outlined this mystery.

After a full day and some more goodbyes, we left Amherst, NS and headed to Truro, NS for the night before heading to Cape Breton. Hooha!! J & M

Route to Amherst, Nova Scotia

September 10, 2013November 16, 2013 by HooHaAdventures, posted in Cape Breton motorcycle tour 2013

After a great breakfast at The Canterbury Cottage, we headed out on our journey to Nova Scotia. We rode through Acadia National Park, but couldn’t do the whole loop to Cadillac mountain because of time.

We drove through Maine on route 9 which took us to Calais without much traffic and turned out to be a great motorcycle road.

We crossed the border into New Brunswick and added an accessory to our motorcycle to celebrate the occasion.

New Brunswick is such a beautiful province! Hilly, trees as far as the eyes can see, water, rivers…an outdoor paradise. Despite being a weekend, there was barely any traffic between major cities.

We arrived in Nova Scotia in very high crosswinds for the last 10 miles of our trip so we were ready to get off the bike. Aunt Cathy and Uncle Don had a scrumptious home cooked meal waiting for us. We enjoyed great company and warm bed before embarking on the adventure to Spencer’s Island the next day.

Hooha!! Jef and Margi

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