Having a longer drive today, we were on the road earlier, 8:30 after taking a wrong turn leaving the campground....duh. We stopped at almost every look-off for spectacular vistas of the Atlantic Ocean. The interpretive panels at some of the look-offs were very interesting.
The Trail left the coastline through the heavily forested interior of Cape Breton Highlands National Park and eventually came out to the west coast. More spectacular scenery. We stopped at the Visitor Centre of the park. Kathy and I bought jackets at the gift shop. I also bought a biography of Rita MacNeil. We ate lunch before backtracking a few km to Cap-Rouge, originally an Acadian village named for the nearby cape. Kathy hiked the Vieux Chemin du Cap-Rouge trail for an hour. Shadow and I walked in Trout Brook Provincial Park. We noted the Bear in Area warning sign.
We continued south along the coast to Margaree Fork where Cabot Trail turned inland. We picked up Hwy 105W to the Canso Causeway, left Cape Breton and drove a few km to Linwood Harbour Campground, another campground I stayed at with Jean and Martha in 2018. We drove 262 km. Again the weather cooperated... mainly sunny and warm. There was just a touch of fall colour change in some of the tress.