July 25, 2014 Skyline Trail Hike, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia

Today was THE DAY!  Finally saw a real live moose!  :-)  We did the Skyline Trail, a six mile loop hike through woods and fields, and finally spotted big ol' Mr. Moose.  He was hard to see, through the brush, but we got a couple pictures.  One more thing off my bucket list!

We did the whole loop;  6 miles.

Bubba says:  not to worry, no problem, we got this.....

one half of a bull moose rack.

oh!  oh!  it's a MOOSE!  I see one!

Nannie being excited about seeing her first real moose.

All these folks were looking at the same moose,
who nonchalantly kept on eating and ignoring us.

Picking wild blueberries, putting 'em in my ziploc bag.

My foot, to show the size of these tiny sweet wild blueberries.

Here we are, again.
Gulf of St. Lawrence behind us.

My Bubba is an amazing photographer.

We all froze to watch the rabbit on the edge of the trail.....

The boardwalk part of the Skyline Trail.

The road called the Cabot Trail.

July 24, 2014 Cape Breton Highlands, Cabot Trail, southwest side headed north

Today we abandoned our camper and packed overnight bags, because we reserved a room at a little hotel in Cheticamp.  Just for one night.  This way we can take our sweet time driving the Cabot Trail around the Cape Breton Highlands.  The drive across the southern side and part way up the west side of the giant loop was interesting.  This area has a strong Scottish heritage.  I asked, and the name Margaree is a Native American version of what the white man named the river & valley:  Marguerite.

Lovely little beach at Margaree.

Margaree Harbour.

Margaree Valley.

Hmm.  Kinsmen = Scottish.

Margaree Harbour.  Can you see all those seabirds?

This pretty little goldfinch stopped by to say hi while we ate our picnic lunch.

Here we are.

Strange looking toothy jetty at Margaree Harbour.