Well with the opening of the Atlantic bubble my stated that we were going to Cape Breton to see her family, besides I wanted to take the 85 Mercedes on the Cabot trail. It was nice of my wife's aunt to let us stay at their place on Bra D'or lake for most of our time there. And here are a few pics from our trip. Stopped on the way to Port Hawkesbury looking along the Canso strait. Looking out on Bra D'or from my wife's aunts place. Plus a couple from a nice vantage over looking the lake. We spent a few days around Sidney and went to the Marconi historical site in Glace Bay. Really it's mostly over grown foundation ruins and a visitor center but it was nice to see. Short stop at Dominion Beach on the long way back to Sidney While on the way back to Sidney we came across the Fort Petrie museum, it was one of the obsevation posts and gun emplacements used to protect Sidney harbour during the Second World War. They even have the remains of a Bren gun carrier. Continued on next post
A nice overlook on the way to Englishtown for a short ferry hop and the Cabot trail. Next, various spots along the Cabot trail. Ingonish beach so Deb could dip her toes in the Atlantic. Continuing on. You can see the Cabot climbing in the hills, lots of ups, downs & twists, a great drive especially in an old car.
We finally arrived at that days destination. We stayed overnight there and continued on to Baddeck and the Alexander Graham Bell museum the next day. Just a couple pics of the Silver Dart and hydrofoil inside the museum. Plus if you look at the right of the last pic you can just see the remains of the original. That's pretty much it from this vacation, I spent most of the time driving and my wife only took pics with her cell phone while I prefer the Nikon.
"On returning to Bell's large laboratory at his Beinn Bhreagh estate near Baddeck, Nova Scotia, they experimented with a number of designs, culminating in Bell's HD-4. Using Renault engines, a top speed of 87 km/h (47 kn; 54 mph)...."--from the Wiki page on the hydrofoil. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrofoil
Yeah that was quite fast for it's time in what can only be described as a canvas covered lumber sausage with outriggers and overlapping the WWI time frame and going into the 20's.
Wow! Looks like y'all had a great time! The car looks great by the way. How did it run? Thanks for taking the time to snap a few photos and share them with us.
The car ran pretty good, a little slow on acceleration but most of that was from not having a turbo boost gauge so I could properly adjust the waste gate (was running 6 psi boost at 4000 rpm instead of 12-14 psi) when I had rebuilt the turbo, finally got one. The total mileage from the trip was a little over 3500 miles averaging around 28 mpg with lots of thumbs up and a couple offers to buy. I'm thinking about picking up a 12-14 ft trailer for the old wagon especially for longer trips, it 'd be nice to find either a restored 70's- 80's or a reasonably priced retro unit. For me being able take the old car on vacation trips like this is half of the fun.
Hopefully in the next couple of years we'll be able to do another trip out to the west coast along US 2, I loved driving through the Channeled Scablands. Who knows we may even take a detour your way if we do.
US2 goes through some very gorgeous lands from Montana all the way to the Hewitt Avenue Trestle that brings US2 to Interstate 5 in Everett, WA, where I used to live. Lots of things to see in Everett, including the Boeing commercial aircraft pland and Future of Flight museum, and two different rich boy's warbird collections.
I remembered you mentioning that when I posted the pics from that trip, would have said hello since we hit I 5 right there plus we were over-nighting in Mount Vernon.
Well, by that time, I was already moved to Texas. It seems like every time I set up meeting with someone, it usually doesn't go down.