Sept 7, 2024 - It's a 2 hour drive from Louisbourg to our next campground at Whycocomagh Provincial Park. On the way we stopped at the Alexander Graham Bell Historical Site. I read the book "Reluctant Genius" by Charlotte Gray which I loved and was so excited to see the Baddeck area that Bell loved so much. He bought land on the lake Bras d'Or on Cape Breton, because the area reminded him so much of Scotland where he was born. The museum was free with our Canada Parks pass. It was a busy place today since it was a rainy day. The museum was a bit of a disappointment to me, but I was expecting a lot. It seemed a bit tired, but I was happy we stopped for a visit. After the museum we walked around the town of Baddeck, which was a cute little town.
We stopped at one of the many overlooks of Bras d'Or Lake, which is an irregular estuary in the middle of Cape Breton. It has two connections to the ocean and is tidal. Inflows from several rivers make the water brackish.
The Silver Dart, which Bell designed. It was the first powered flight in Canada, Feb 23, 1909. It flew a half a mile, at 40 mph
The original HD-4 hull of the hydrofoil boat that set the world speed record of over 70 mph in 1919.
Part of a letter from Bell, to his wife Mabel. "any where in the wide world you wish I will go. And the more traveling you want the better I will like it" Those are words I can also live by!
Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you!
The view of Bras d'Or from the museum. You could supposedly see Beinn Bhreagh Hall, which was Bell's residence on Cape Breton. It is still owned by the Bell family and not open to the public
flowers in front of the museum
When we made it to our campsite at Whycocomagh PP it was raining. Kev got us set up!
Sep 8, 2024 -
It rained a lot last night, and today is still cloudy, but supposed to be dry until later tonight. We went for a walk around the campground, which is at the base of a mountain. There would have been some great hiking trails to check out, but everything was too wet for a hike today
There was a view of Bras d'Or from the tent campsites
I wish we could have a fire at this campsite
Sites 1 and 2
The campsites had both water and electric and lots of grass
We went to the Red Barn for lunch and Mirabelle got to come with us.
After lunch we stopped at Big Spruce Brewing, which was just 15 minutes from the campground. We've been drinking the beer all over Cape Breton, so it was another brewery we were interested in. I had also seen that they are part of Harvest Hosts, so it would have been a nice spot to camp if we were only doing one night in the area.
Nice bar with a view of the lake
lots of picnic tables and benches on the grounds
cute bike rack
and a screen porch with more views. We learned a new game, the Bears and the Bees, which we liked.
We got a few of our favorites to go...Camp Spruce and Ready Yer Knot (Kev loves a good red ale) and even got to have a quick campfire before the rain started again.
Mirabelle was sleepy
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