{"id":631,"date":"2005-09-20T15:12:49","date_gmt":"2005-09-20T15:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellingtruths.wordpress.com\/?p=631"},"modified":"2018-11-07T20:58:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T09:58:07","slug":"cape-breton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/destinations\/canada\/cape-breton","title":{"rendered":"Cabot trail, Cape Breton"},"content":{"rendered":"Arrive into Nova Scotia off the car ferry from Prince Edward Island. We head towards the Cape Breton National park. Home to one of the world's most scenic drives. A decent drive just to get there and we hear reports of a hurricane Ophelia bearing down on the coast of which Cape Breton is part.\r\n\r\nDue to the impending weather we decide against getting blown away in the tent to locate a basic BnB in Cheticamp. Also we are unaware of the local fauna here in Cape Breton. Bears are a constant source of conversation and efforts to understand what to do if we do see a bear have been in vain as there seems to be conflicting advice and this seems to be based around the attitude of the bear at the time! Forgive me for not wanting to get too close to assess the bear's mental state before deciding on the appropriate evasive action!\r\n\r\nNot getting much advice from our BnB owner we head to a nice local restaurant serving some great local seafood. We enquire of our waiter as to the bear situation and the likelihood of coming across one on the trails in the National Park. 'Oh most definately' she replied excitedly. 'The bears are needing to get fed up for the winter hibernation'. Perfect. The purpose of our visit was not to aid in seeing a brown bear survive the winter with our own flesh. So we head to bed dreaming of goldilocks and the three bears.\r\n\r\nNext day we begin on the Cape Breton tourist trail proper. Very spectacular scenery. We pull over at some suggested walking trails. A little paranoid about bears and the fact no other hikers seemed to be around either we stayed within sight of the car. After seeing a moose high on a hill above us we felt we had enough wildlife for the day and headed for Meat Cove which was literally at the end of the earth. The dark Atlantic ocean looking very angry with the Ophelia storm still just off the coast.\r\n