[Spridgets] Nova Scotia, some LBC

[Chris King]

Paul,
 
We took the Cat (catamarand) when we visited a few years ago. The trip
from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth takes about 3 hours.
 
I didn't get up to Cape Breton, but visiting that distillery is on my
list of things to do before I die. I have had the whiskey, it's
wonderful stuff. I need to get back to that part of Canada to get some
more (last time I bought some we were visiting friends in PEI.)
 
-=Chris

Chris King
http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/ 

 <-----Original Message----->

 	  	 From: Deikis, John G [John.Deikis at va.gov]
Sent: 9/18/2007 12:54:42 PM
To:
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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Nova Scotia, some LBC 

Paul: 
Perhaps you have already gotten a bunch of replies, but my 
recommendation is head straight for Cape Breton Island (reachable by a 
causeway from the northern end of Nova Scotia). Find a B&B or a nice 
campground along the western shore. Then explore the island, eat 
seafood, listen to the wonderful lilting accent of the locals, hear 
their music at night, and visit the only single malt distillery outside 
of Scotland. And...be sure to drive the Cabot Trail around the top of 
the island. It's worth doing in both directions-- so it makes a great 
day-trip. As for boats, I have taken the "old" ferry from Bar Harbor as 
well as the newer catamaran. Unless you want to take a boat trip, I'd 
suggest the cat as it is quite a bit faster. The times that I went, a 
reservation for the ferry was necessary as NS does a lot of tourism. 
Maybe October is slower. 
JohnD 


-----Original Message----- 
From: Paul Asgeirsson [mailto:PAsgeirsson at worldnet.att.net] 
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 6:15 PM 
To: Spridgets at autox.team.net; midgetsprite at yahoogroups.com; 
bugeye at yahoogroups.com; morris_motors at yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [Spridgets] Nova Scotia, some LBC 

Hi all, 

This early October, my GF and I will be in New England for a bit and we 
would 
like to go to Nova Scotia for a few days. Neither one of us has been 
there, 
so these are the trips we like to take! 

Any and all suggestions on which ferry to take there and where to go, 
stay, 
eat and see things in NS, would be much appreciated. We prefer to stay 
in a 
location for a bit and do it up pretty well, rather than see 100 places 
in 36 
hours and not have a clue as to where we went!!! Things to see, places 
to 
eat, etc. Favorite places for the locals, etc. 

I plan on going to the ABFM in Bourne, Cape Cod on Sunday the 30th, 
obligatory 
LBC content! Actually, looking forward to that a whole lot. 

TIA, Paul A