Rex and Nancy's Travels - "ALL WHO WANDER ARE NOT LOST" - JRR Tolkein

Wednesday morning, we took the Marine Atlantic Ferry from Port aux Basques to Sydney, Nova Scotia.   We again rented a pet-friendly cabin which made the 7-hour trip much easier for all of us, especially the dogs. We again stayed at the Arm of Gold Campground in Sydney. Early Thursday morning we said goodbye to Gunter and Susanne as they headed home to Fenelon Falls, Ontario.   We had a great time touring Newfoundland with them and made many wonderful memories. The campground had this cute retro trailer on the property where a food truck was set up to serve lunch.                We liked the way the inside was decorated. Tacky found some friends while we were eating our lunch from the food truck. After getting the oil changed in the motorhome and the Jeep, we drove to Baddeck where we stayed in the Adventures East RV Park. After getting set up we enjoyed the beautiful Nova Scotia sunset.

  Tuesday morning, we drove south to JT Cheesman Provincial Park in the rain. We stayed in the same site we were in when we were here on July 2 nd .   After lunch we drove along the Granite Coast to Rose Blanche about 45 miles east of Port Aux Basques.   The coast along this drive was beautiful. Rose Blanche Lighthouse was constructed from local granite. The lighthouse was built in 1871 and restored in 1999.  We walked along a short path to reach the lighthouse. Inside the tower is a stone spiral staircase.  This staircase kept the tower from collapsing while the remainder of the lighthouse fell to ruin.  This is looking up the staircase. The lighthouse keeper's quarters have been furnished with locally reproduced furniture and local antiques. There were 5 lightkeepers over the approximately 70 years of lighthouse operation. After touring the lighthouse, we continued walking the path to an overlook of the fishing village of Rose Blanche.   The vil...