St. Ann's Point to Ingonish Ferry

Happy Birthday Pam – may you feel special and loved all day! 

We started out on the Cabot Trail at St. Ann’s and drove to Ingonish Ferry.  Not sure whether we just have more beautiful scenery out west, or we picked a particularly unscenic part of the drive.  I know Tom was very disappointed. The road was mostly away from the water, rough and windy.  The next leg would have been a $20 fee as it is a National Park and just not sure if it would get better or not.  I felt bad for Tom and Shannon as they had high expectations for this part of our Atlantic adventure.  Only a couple of times we saw beautiful scenery – but no where to pull off the road and enjoy it, and then when there was a look off where you could pull over and stop, there wasn't anything special or picturesque to see.

 

So saw a fast food place on the way back to Sydney.  Who in their right mind would have thought this was a good name for an eating establishment!  Well it has been there for a very long time so for some reason it works…oh and did I mention that it is right next door to an ice cream place called Lick a Treat?  Oh Please!

  

Back to the hotel and then a wonderful walk on the boardwalk all the way to the giant fiddle.  This is at the cruise ship pavilion on the waterfront.  I was hoping to see giant things on this holiday and so far, this is it!  Our hotel room looks out on it so I have had a great look at one giant thing. 

I never saw the giant potato on PEI and haven’t found the giant lobster, but for now….this pic will have to do – Thanks Tom!

 

Dinner was at a lovely little place called the Olive Tree.  They had Greek and Italian and the wonderful smells emanating from the restaurant had us salivating as we opened the door.  We all ordered souvlaki . The plates were huge - we would have had leftovers with 2 dinners.  The waitress was already to pack up the remainder but we really couldn't take it with us  Most every table was taking away packages enough for another meal at least.  If we get there again one day we will order half as much food. What a great find though - delicious, reasonably priced and a great menu!