Joel and I woke up this morning to more snow falling. It seems as if spring is not yet ready to come to this part of the world yet. And from what I hear, not ready for most of the world. Although I now longingly think to only 5 days ago in Washington and Philadelphia where it was too hot to wear jeans! Not anymore, not here! We are layering up with wool socks and winter jackets! Gotta keep nice and warm!
Anyway we headed up to the Ceilidh trail and the Cabot trail up on Cape Breton. This part of Canada is deeply influenced by Scottish and French as well as Acadian roots. During the summer months there are lots of festivals and music. Unfortunately for us it was not summer and most things were closed. This, however, coupled with the snow/rain that fell all day gave the whole area an old fishing town look.
We set down the Ceilidh trail which would eventually become the Cabot Trail. It was a nice drive with lots of little houses and some small towns. We stopped a couple times to take some walks. We could see the ocean from where we drove and there was still plenty of ice floating around in it. As the day wore on we only saw more snow and ice.
Eventually we made it to the Cabot Trail. This would lead us to where we planned on staying for the night. At around 3 o'clock we arrived in Cheticamp. This is a small town on the ocean which has a deep French influence. Also the only Tim Hortons for a long time. We stopped for some hot chocolate, it was still too early for dinner. We then took a nap in the back of the car. We woke up around 5 30 ( we hadn't actually meant to fall asleep) and headed to the All Aboard for dinner. It was a small restaurant which was only open till 7! Lots of locals, especially at this time of the year! I had fish and chips and Joel had a delicious shrimp pasta. We shared both the meals and they were very yummy.
When leaving we asked our waitress if there was anywhere that there would be music, for this area is famous for it. Unfortunately she informed us that there was nothing, it was the off season and a Sunday night after all! But she then told us about a variety show that was being out on at the Acadien Centre, so we headed over. It was a two hour show, that involved much of the community. It was everything from music, to bands, to comedians, skits, and even cross-dressers. I spent much of it laughing. There was a skit about making rumcake and one about fixing fishing traps. There was music from a high school band as well as a fiddle and a group of high school boys who sang Call Me maybe and Gangman Style.
After the show we headed back to the Tim Hortons where we arranged the car for sleep. After watching part of a movie we fell asleep in our warm sleeping bags. And tomorrow we head into the national park!
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