Maritimes Road Trip - Day 12

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Day 12: Got off from Glooscap CG by about 8:30 headed to Cabot Trail CG on Cape Breton Island. Gena wanted pictures of more of the carved elm trees in Truro, so se made a short detour to do that. Our first stop in Truro was in a Sobey’s grocery store. They are a lot like a really spruced up Harris Teeter store. We managed photos of all but one of the 20 carvings. We drove by the location where the carving was supposed to be, but could not see it. Fortunately today is still part of the long holiday weekend, so the traffic was really light. After getting all the photos we wanted, we stopped at an Esso station for fuel - - cost $102 to fill the truck. Weather was really nice until we encountered an intense downpour about midway between New Glascow and the causeway over to Cape Breton Island. We passed Charlie & Kerry as we went past the visitor information center coming on to Cape Breton Island. They wound up just a couple cars behind us checking into our camp ground. We managed to get two spaces next to each other. Tomorrow we’ll tour the Cabot Trail around the NW section of Cape Breton Island (we’re going to go counter clockwise around so that all the “look-offs” will be on the right side).

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Photos

Elm Carving
John Glassy - - volunteer

Elm Carving
Eagles landing

Elm Carving
John Piers Member Truro Tennis Club

Elm Carving
WW II Aviator circa 1940.

Elm Carving
Pearl Merton Lowther - - a railroad worker

Elm Carving
Another Photo of Pearl from a different location.

Elm Carving
An Acadian farmer

Elm Carving
Robert L. Stanfield, politician

Elm Carving
Truro Municipal Bldg w/ Robert Stanfield to the right

Elm Carving
Stan (Chook) Maxwell - - Hockey player

Elm Carving
Charles B. Archbald, Truro's first mayor in 1823

Elm Carving
Donald L Eldridge - - sportsman & story teller

Sunset
From Cabot Trail CG