We turned in to a convenient parking lot for an ocean trail and walked back to the bridge. The moose were mommy and a young yearling moose. It was too large to be this year’s baby, but it was hanging around mommy closely. They were about 60 yards upstream from the bridge on one side of the stream. They walked in and out of the water, feeding on underwater growth and trees on the shore. We watched for fifteen minutes and took several pictures. They were perfect subjects to watch; they moved slowly and looked back at us, and did the things one thinks moose should do.

We went on, finally, and stopped for lunch a few miles later in Ingonish. Dolores had clams and fries, I stuck with soup and salad. The place had milk-shakes, so we indulged.

After lunch, we cut away from the Cabot Trail to look at prospective campgrounds for tomorrow that are closer to the ferry. We paid $5 to cross a sound on a cable ferry to get onto Seal Island as a short-cut. We checked out the Seal Island campground, then went across the Seal Island bridge (one way due to construction) onto the island that holds Sydney harbor and the ferry terminal. We checked out the Arm Of Gold campground – John (the owner) says they’re not officially open until Saturday, but we can come in and use electric-only if we wish. We’ll decide in the morning which to move to.

The ferry terminal was close, so we checked it out as much as possible without entering. Then we went on, this time on the Bras D’Or Lakes Trail, looking for eagles and looking at the lakes in the central part of this area.

Eventually, we wound up back at Baddeck so Dolores could gather a few souvenirs and I could fill the truck with diesel.

Then we returned to the campground to have a light dinner and rest. We put about 250 miles on the truck doing the touring today.