We left Pictou following route 6 The Sunrise Trail thru farms and rural villages. In the middle of ?? There was a sign for Bakery and Cafe, we followed signs off the highway towards the beach for about 3 klm. To my delight it was a bakery!!! I had fresh biscuits and chili for breakfast. After 140 klms we ended up at Amherst where the road intersected IP with the TransCanada highway, at that point we headed south to Parrsboro. There was very little traffic on the winding road, lots of farms with hay round bales dotting the landscape, and the ocean red sand glittering at low tide. I had called ahead to a Downtown Halifax hotel earlier so at this point I gave my google lady the address. She Took over the navigation, eventually we were back on the TransCanada highway and then off again on route 2 for freeway driving. Close to Halifax we turned onto a toll bridge where 6 lanes merged to one, there was swearing coming from the other headset! It worked out to be quicker than I thought it would be. Without the Google lady directing us we never would have found the hotel which is located 4 blocks from the downtown boardwalk and harbour, it is hopping down there. We had a delicious dinner at the Bike Thief; the Sangria with white wine, cointreau, blue berries, rhubarb and basil was so refreshing. At 8:30 we met up with 2 kids from Campbell River who are living far from home, they led us to an Irish pub where we caught up on each other's adventures!
Look at that low tide. What a thing to behold!!
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