amazing...

last shot of the day..., originally uploaded by MisfitHue.

the trip to cape breton was one of the most satisfying and one of the toughest of my trip so far. the trip took a total 15 hours, most of it in the car.

i'd discovered granola bars and tim horton's coffee allowed me to keep shooting. i actually broke down and ate mcdonald's on the way back that night. it was so late and raining... sigh. i know. i just pushed it too far. i just hated giving up daylight hours.

but back to cape breton. it looked like rain all day. i met lots of lovely folks on the road and saw a million churches. not as many as i saw on pei, but darn close.

the mountains... higher and higher.. french mountain! the roads curved and were like roller coasters, just the way i like them and the vistas, well, click on this photo and you'll understand.

i met a really cool couple on one of the pull-offs who happened to be from the missouri and florida. they warned me about some pretty serious winds coming--of course, i drove on. i met another sweet couple from british columbia... they were really curious about missouri. i don't know why! the only thing this day really lacked was more convos with the locals. but, the vistas made up for it!!!

i drove more than half the cabot trail and managed to hike one good healthy trail in the national park. i was hypnotized by the ocean and literally lost all sense of time until the light was gone and i couldn't take anymore decent pictures. then, all the alarms went off in my head and i headed back for home.. in halifax... 6 hours away.

the drive home was okay... i sort of got myself into a snit for waiting so long to leave and then there was a little rain and fog making the already tenuous drive more stressful. plus, i suddenly became ravenous and everything was closed. luckily, my excellent sense of direction and a hefty amount of good fortune got me back safely at a somewhat reasonable hour.

i loved it.