We had a change of plans in St. Peters, as often happens when you are sailing, and we decided to leave the boat here and drive to Baddeck with Bettyann and Ray. We had got the boat fixed in St. Peter's and thought that instead of wasting a day for Bettyann and Ray, we would get started on our road trip right away. It was a beautiful day and we made it to Baddeck by lunch. We found a really cute hotel called the Telegraph Inn, had lunch there and made our plans for the day. We booked a lobster dinner at a nearby hotel and bought tickets for a ceilidh, which is evening of Cape Breton fiddle music, piano music and traditional dancing. That afternoon we visited the Alexander Graham Bell Museum as well as a few shops in town .

Our lobster dinner was great and they even had entertainment during dinner so we had a very long dinner as we wanted to stay and listen to the singer. (see photo above) After dinner we went across the street to our first, Bettyann and Rays second celidh. The music was really great but there wasn't any singing or joke telling and Bettyann and Ray said that the first one they went to was a lot better, but since we didn't have anything to compare it too, we thought it was good. We will have to try to get to another one again.

We left Baddeck early the next day as the guys had tee off times at 2 p.m. to golf at Highland Links, a course that had been highly recommended by everyone they had talked to so they were quite excited to try it. Unfortunately it poured rain all the way on the drive to Ingonish and we were really afraid that their game would get rained out. Neither Bruce or Ray had brought any rain gear with them so we stopped at a store and found a pair of rain pants for Bruce. He figured if he went there prepared, he wouldn't need to use it! After finding a cute 2 bedroom cottage to rent for the night, Bettyann and I drove the guys to the golf course, and yes by then the rain had stopped and the sun was actually in and out of the clouds. Talk about lucky!

Bettyann and I were left with nothing to do so we decided to check out the spa at the Keltic Lodge and was it nice! We booked a pedicure and they told us to come back in time to use the whirl pool and the sauna! They didn't have to tell us twice. We quickly got our chores done which included getting groceries to cook dinner at the cabin and beer and wine for apres golf and headed back to the spa for an afternoon of relaxation. It was great!

The guys loved the golf course and Ray played exceptionally well and beat Bruce. They are now tied at a game a piece with no time for a tie breaker.

We left our cabin on Friday for a very busy day. We finished driving the Cabot Trail, which was disappointing as the weather was rainy and foggy so we were not able to see a lot but we didn't have much choice but to leave when we did. We got to Louisbourg in the afternoon and went on a hour and a half tour and then browsed around for a couple of hours but it was a bit cool and damp. It would have been much better if the weather was nicer. We then drove back to the boat and ordered pizza for dinner as we were all exhausted!

Today is rainy and foggy (again) and the forecast is for rain for the next few days. We had planned on taking Bettyanne and Ray out on the lakes for a couple of days but have now changed our plans again as the weather is just too bad. They will now leave in the morning and we are just taking it easy today. Ray got an oil change and we will get groceries as we will loose our car after today. Our generator problems have returned and we now realize it is not the easy fix we thought it would be and may need a part from Halifax. We will decide on Monday where we will go from here. Hope the weather gets better.