June 9, 2006

June 9, 2006

North East Margaree, Cape Breton Island, to Pictou, Nova Scotia

YEAR 2 DAY 357

 

Today was cloudy and mild. I'm suffering from a lack of sunlight.

This morning we prepared for departure and left The Lakes Campground, heading southeast on the Cabot Trail to where it met the Trans-Canada Highway. We turned southwest to Wagmatcook, where our first stop was to refill with diesel. Then we found our way to the Wagmatcook Heritage & Cultural Centre, a Mi'kmaq restaurant and museum. We walked around the museum admiring the Native arts and crafts, before going into the restaurant for a great lunch. I had fresh haddock. Joanne had cod cakes, served with "chow chow", a Mi'kmaq version of a pickle relish.

We continued south on TCH 105, crossing the Canso Causeway from Cape Breton Island back to mainland Nova Scotia. On the mainland, the Trans Canada Highway became Hwy. 104. At Antigonish we changed drivers. Joanne drove from Antigonish to New Glasgow. At New Glasgow we stopped at Stone's RV to buy some repair supplies I need. They had only 1 of the 4 items I needed < sigh >. Then we went to Superstore and replenished groceries.

After grocery shopping we drove to Pictou, where we stopped for the night at Harbour Light Campground. We stayed here a few weeks ago on the way out to Newfoundland. It's a decent campground, with fully serviced sites, and Wi-Fi, at a reasonable rate. I'm tired, and decided I want to stay here tomorrow night as well, and take a day off from driving. We'll catch up on some chores tomorrow. We got set up in our campsite, then while Joanne prepared supper, I went to the computer room, got online, sent and retrieved e-mail, and updated my blog.

After supper, we took Bo and Teddy for a walk around the campground. It was a fairly mild evening. I did today's accounting and worked on this journal entry while we watched a bit of TV. This is the first time in many weeks that we've had TV reception, probably the first time since we were here a few weeks ago. We are sorely out of touch with current events.

DSK