SEP 23 SUNDAY
from Truro to Amherst we took the long coastal route via the beautiful Cape D'Or where we spent a few hours hiking down to the Lighthouse & meandering around once we got there.
We needed to leave the main paved road & drive several miles on a dirt road to get to the small parking lot for the lighthouse .
We were lucky there was room for us to park with our trailer otherwise the out-of-the-way drive would have been for naught.
Everything we had heard about Cape D'or really gave us the desire to not miss it.
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1018
Cape d'Or
( Cape of Gold Gold Cape
We were lucky there was room for us to park with our trailer otherwise the out-of-the-way drive would have been for naught.
Everything we had heard about Cape D'or really gave us the desire to not miss it.
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1018
The
restaurant & guesthouse was closed for the season and would be a wonderful
place to stay, I think. Minimal accommodations & the chef , they say, is
very creative & never cooks from a recipe. THAT would have been something
we would have liked.
The road down
to the lighthouse was VERY STEEP &
narrow. Either driving (gate closed now)
or walking is a challenge.
I just did it slowly in both directions and was SO happy I was able to make it.
I just did it slowly in both directions and was SO happy I was able to make it.
It is truly
spectacular!
We have so
many favorite places on this Maritimes part of the trip & this is truly one
of our favorites.
To add even more to this spectacular place the weather was sunny, cool & breezy to perfection.
So leaving here we needed to get to Amherst before dark, preferably. Hate driving in the dark with the trailer.
So leaving here we needed to get to Amherst before dark, preferably. Hate driving in the dark with the trailer.
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