It was a surprisingly noisy night with constant truck traffic. It seems to be mostly tandem dump trucks - probably related to coal mining. Nonetheless we slept reasonably well and awoke to cloudy skies.
We picked up supplies in Sydney and then drove south west through light rain and mist. After an hour or so the rain stopped and we enjoyed some nice scenery. We found the cheapest gas of our trip ($1.049/l) on a reserve along the way. We followed an arm of the Bras D'Or Lakes. The Bras D''Or Lakes are ocean inlets not freshwater lakes. The divide Cape Breton into two islands and numerous peninsulas. After a short ferry ride at Little Narrows we hit highway 105. Shortly afterwards we turned west through the Margaree Valley and followed the South Cabot trail to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. We turned north and stopped just north of Cheticamp inside the Cape Breton Highlands National Park.
We have a very sheltered campsite amongst a stand of paper birches. As the forecast is for wind and rain we plan to stay here for a couple of days. We noticed a couple of seafood stores in Cheticamp and we are planning a seafood supper. We are also going to look for an internet connection.
Today the trailer started making a lot of creaking noises which we traced to a dry hitch ball. A generous dose of oil quieted it but we are going to try and find some grease for it.
There's an Aliner in the campground - not sure where it's from.
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