Day 6 - Halifax to North Sydney

We left Halifax, NS fairly late in the morning today. Our plan was to drive the marine route along Nova Scotia south shore and end the day in North Sydney, NS. We had reservations for ferry to Newfoundland leaving around midnight.

The drive east was leisurely, and we made several stops along the way. This photo was taken a short distance from the main road.




A little more eastward, we stopped and successfully hunted a cache along the shore. It turned out to be a film canister with a wet log but it provided a good excuse to get out of the car and stretch our leg a little. A shot taken from the cache site is shown below.




We will be returning from Newfoundland this way so we drove around a Sydney a bit to check out prospective lodging. At our first stop, the clerk we talked to said that he had heard that our ferry crossing had been canceled. After a call to the ferry operator, Marine Atlantic, it turned out that our ferry had just returned from refitting but had not been released for service because of issues with inspections. We were told that the ferry would probably operate that night but the sailing would be delayed by about two hours.

After receiving that information, we decided that the best plan was first find a good spot for dinner. After a delicious meal of local seafood, we went to the ferry terminal where we saw this sight:

As the day ended, we were sitting in the North Sydney ferry terminal, waiting to be told to return to the car to move it on to the ferry. We were expecting a 2:00 am departure.


Progress today - 311 miles

Cumulative mileage - 2474 miles

Tonight's Longitude - W060 14.582