Wednesday, July 26, 2023
We overnighted at another commercial park last night because it was so hot. High was above 90 yesterday and we needed to run the AC all evening into the night. It was a good night to be hooked up to someone else’s power. Might as well be comfortable.
This morning we disconnected from power and headed straight to the Skyline Trail. Lots of places have a Skyline Trail – Washington, Jasper, North Carolina and Nova Scotia for sure. It is the most popular hiking trail on the Cabot and we wanted an early start before things got crowded. (It worked). We did the entire hike of almost 5.5 miles in a little over 2 hours, including the time we stopped to take lots of pictures. There was a 575ft elevation gain. To get out to the most impressive viewing point you descend over 270 steps on a boardwalk and remember you have to step back up all those steps to return to the trail. The whole trail is a fabulous, but the biggest win is the view at the end of the board walk overlooking the Gulf of St. Lawrence. We had a great time! Leaving the Skyline trailhead, we headed to Pleasant Bay Harbor but in route, we finally found our first moose of the trip! How’s that for a morning? Skyline and moose. We took lots of pictures and stood around admiring the moose for a while and then continued to the harbor. There we were hoping to catch a view of some whales, but it was not to be. We did enjoy the time at the beach and seeing more seals. We will see the whales another day. From there we explored some additional side spurs off the Cabot and also stopped at several pull outs for pictures and short hikes. It was another wonderful day!
Tonight we will lead our weekly Bible study small group. It’s at 7:00pm CDT but that’s 9:00 Atlantic – the time in Nova Scotia. Hopefully we will stay awake after such an active day. 😊 We are staying at another Harvest Host tonight. This one is famous for it’s smash burgers and aioli fries so we didn’t cook tonight. We tried them both.
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