August 20, 2008 - Canso N.S.

Well... We've rented the house, returned the leased car, parked the truck and closed up the cottage and packed the boat - seems like we're ready to go! It is an amazing amount of work to get ready to go away for a year.







We left Baddeck on Sunday in the rain and headed to Orangedale. By the time we got there it was sunny and the girls went fishing on the wharf. I spent more time stowing and tidying. Later in the day we went to the Orangedale train museum for our almost annual visit.





On Monday we got the dinghy up on the davits and got a few more things done and then headed to Marble Mountain. It was a lovely day and we had a great time at the beach swimming and collecting snails and starfish. We had great bbq'd salmon for supper.

Kristen at Marble Mountain

















On Tuesday we had a great sail from Marble Mountain to St. Peters and we got fuel and water at the Marina then tied up on the lock wall. We got some groceries and picked up a few other things in St. Peters. We considered locking through in the evening, but decided to stay on the lakeside for the night so the girls could have one last swim in the Bras D'or Lakes.







Dave at the lock











Today we locked through at St. Peter's and left the lakes. The forecast was for about 25knots NW so we knew it would be a windy day. Sure enough it was quite windy crossing Chedebucto Bay so we decided to head into Canso rather than to try to go farther. There is a great little marina here (with access to wireless internet) We went for a nice walk and went to a national historic site commemorating the settlement at Grassy Island around the same time as Louisbourg. Not a great forecast for the next couple of days so we'll see what tomorrow brings...