Comments on: Are we there yet? http://lillowen.com/2010/07/05/are-we-there-yet/ Sun, 20 May 2012 03:37:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Jantunen http://lillowen.com/2010/07/05/are-we-there-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-328 John Jantunen Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:04:51 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=388#comment-328 Lauren, Best advice I can give, aside from the previous tips, is to find a new place to walk everyday, with emphasis on the beaches. Cape Breton and Northeast NS have some of the best beaches I have ever walked on and chances are, regardless of when you go to them, you will have them virtually to yourself. Miles of beach, sand and stone, and bluffs and a wind that makes you feel like your flying. Of course most of the water is too cold to swim in (unless you swim in the northumberland straight where the water is shallow between NS and PEI) but, my partner, Tanja, and I found that having the endless (and endlessly changing) expanse to ourslves more than compensated. For sand, I recommend Point Michaud, a beach just on the other side of St. Peters and then there's the one below marble mountain that is pebbled with golf ball sized stones and don't forget about the tides. We had one of our most magical days (ever) following the tide out at Amherst Shore provincial park (in the western part of the Northumberland straight) and I kid you not, the first stone I picked up there (in a cove on the far side of a little pennisula) I skipped twenty-five times (a personal record I have yet to surpass). Cape Smokey's also a good path to walk, on the eastern side of the Cabot Trail, but beware of the bears that frequent the area due to the hordes of blueberries along the path. And, and, and...but I'll stop here because really, the best thing about Cape Breton and NS is the act of exploring it for ones' self. Truly, there are places there that make you think, when you stumble upon them, that maybe you could be the first person that ever stood where you stood (or atleast that's what it feels like). Good travels, John Oh, one more thing: fill up at Wycogabah, the native reserve near Baddeck (the gas is always cheaper there and they pump it for you). Lauren,

Best advice I can give, aside from the previous tips, is to find a new place to walk everyday, with emphasis on the beaches. Cape Breton and Northeast NS have some of the best beaches I have ever walked on and chances are, regardless of when you go to them, you will have them virtually to yourself. Miles of beach, sand and stone, and bluffs and a wind that makes you feel like your flying. Of course most of the water is too cold to swim in (unless you swim in the northumberland straight where the water is shallow between NS and PEI) but, my partner, Tanja, and I found that having the endless (and endlessly changing) expanse to ourslves more than compensated. For sand, I recommend Point Michaud, a beach just on the other side of St. Peters and then there’s the one below marble mountain that is pebbled with golf ball sized stones and don’t forget about the tides. We had one of our most magical days (ever) following the tide out at Amherst Shore provincial park (in the western part of the Northumberland straight) and I kid you not, the first stone I picked up there (in a cove on the far side of a little pennisula) I skipped twenty-five times (a personal record I have yet to surpass). Cape Smokey’s also a good path to walk, on the eastern side of the Cabot Trail, but beware of the bears that frequent the area due to the hordes of blueberries along the path. And, and, and…but I’ll stop here because really, the best thing about Cape Breton and NS is the act of exploring it for ones’ self. Truly, there are places there that make you think, when you stumble upon them, that maybe you could be the first person that ever stood where you stood (or atleast that’s what it feels like).

Good travels,

John

Oh, one more thing: fill up at Wycogabah, the native reserve near Baddeck (the gas is always cheaper there and they pump it for you).

]]> By: Lauren http://lillowen.com/2010/07/05/are-we-there-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Lauren Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:02:03 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=388#comment-326 Thanks for the tips, John! We'll definitely do both of those things. If you can think of anything else that is a must-see or must-do while on Cape Breton, definitely let me know. :) Thanks for the tips, John! We’ll definitely do both of those things. If you can think of anything else that is a must-see or must-do while on Cape Breton, definitely let me know. :)

]]> By: John Jantunen http://lillowen.com/2010/07/05/are-we-there-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-325 John Jantunen Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:49:55 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=388#comment-325 Lauren, We lived on Cape Breton for ten months and closeby on the mainland in Guysburough for 4 years. If you are indeed driving to Cape Breton from Halifax might I suggest that you take the coastal route. It takes a bit longer due to its winding nature but I can't think of a better way to see the real Nova Scotia (you even get to take a ferry where a bridge would normally be). And if you do take the coastal route stop for a picnic at Tor Bay Provincial Park. It was our favourite beach and serves as a cross section of all that is good about NS. Enjoy. John (one of luke's friends). Lauren,

We lived on Cape Breton for ten months and closeby on the mainland in Guysburough for 4 years. If you are indeed driving to Cape Breton from Halifax might I suggest that you take the coastal route. It takes a bit longer due to its winding nature but I can’t think of a better way to see the real Nova Scotia (you even get to take a ferry where a bridge would normally be). And if you do take the coastal route stop for a picnic at Tor Bay Provincial Park. It was our favourite beach and serves as a cross section of all that is good about NS. Enjoy.

John (one of luke’s friends).

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