Baddeck was home to Alexander Graham Bell for many years and The Cabot Trail, a scenic drive, which follows the coast around the northern part of Cape Breton Island. The Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site of Canada and The Cabot Trail are on our list of sites to see while we're here.
After stopping to shop at a couple of gift shops, we went on to the Baddeck Library. The view from the library's windows have to be the best we've seen to date.
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| From Baddeck, NS |
After leaving the library we stopped at the Victoria Farmers Co-op for groceries. On the way back to the campground we stopped at an Ultramar gas station to fill the tank in the Vue. We bought 19.3 liters of gas for $1.466 a liter. After converting into U.S. figures it works out to 5.1 gallons for $5.549 a gallon - Ouch!
When we got back to the RV we found out we had some new neighbors next to us in a Dutch Star. After dinner we got together and build a campfire and swapped travel stories.
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| From Baddeck, NS |
One subject was the border crossing into Canada. We told them that after answering the standard questions, we were on our way into Canada. It was a different story when they crossed the border. There were 2 new Canadian Customs Officers who wanted to practice searching a RV and they were the lucky couple!
After about 2-3 hours of emptying the compartments and cabinets and searching everywhere and putting everything back, they were on their way into Canada. They did say that the Customs Officers were very polite and had explained that the only reason they were being searched was for training and practice. I guess it's all in your timing when you cross the border - that is one reason we were up early the morning and crossed into New Brunswick so early. We wanted to allow extra time just in case we were searched.
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