The trip to Fortress Louisbourg was our last visit in the Cape Breton area and it started out 55 degrees and gloomy! All the while, I'm reading about my fellow Atlantan's and Floridians melting in the heat. We bundled up for the weather and headed to the fortress! On the way, we decided to stop and grab a bite to eat at Tim Hortons - to see what they are all about. It turns out they are a cross between a Dunkin Donuts and a Burger King. We picked up breakfast and headed to the bench where Bryson promptly did an "Endo," a term used when ones feet go over their head and they fall face first! Bryson is...a little bit accident prone. We still have no idea what caused him to go flying head first over the bench and under the table.
After picking him up off the bench, we ate breakfast and headed to Louisbourg. The entrance of Fortress Louibourg had the smell of christmas trees because it was lined with Spruce and Fir trees. The Spruce and Fir trees grow everywhere up here and it took weeks for me to stop pointing them out and saying "look at all the christmas trees." The Fortress was beautiful and we saw them shoot the muskets and learned about how good the fishing was and even sampled some of the bread they would of made back in the day! It was like a brick but surprisingly had good flavor! We had a great day just strolling through the Fortress and taking in the sights.
The next day we made a trip into Baddeck to see the Alexander Graham Bell Museum. It was small but interesting. Yes he did invent the telephone, but the museum seemed to go into greater detail about his other inventions especially his kites for use in flying machines. They spend a lot of time talking about how the kites were not successful...thought they should have focused on the telephone instead. Next, we headed to the kids area to watch a science experiment presentation. Kaylee raised her hand high to be picked to volunteer for the experiment. She was not chosen for the first experiment. The museum staff was doing the drop a boiled egg in a milk bottle experiment. After 3 failed attempts at trying to get a boiled egg to fall into a milk bottle, the museum employee accidently dropped the fire lit napkin on the table and then flapped her hands around trying to get the fire out. After nearly setting the museum on fire, the women finally succeeded with the experiment and the egg fell in. They then asked for volunteers for the next experiment. Kaylee's hand was firmly stuck to her side, there was no way she was going up there after the fire incident.
SOMETHING HAPPENED on the way to Halifax! Halifax was about 4 hours from Cape Breton, so the next day we woke up early, broke camp and hightailed it down to Halifax! When traveling with kids you have to be flexible and creative for all situations! Well, we are rolling down the highway and we hear "Daddy, I have to go to the bathroom", so because it came from Bryson the problem is usually solved quickly with an empty water bottle. Just plug him in and no need to stop the truck! Well, as I'm driving, Karen plugs him in to go pee and after 20 seconds or so I hear Kaylee scream and then Karen starts screaming!!!! Guess what happened? You got it, the bottle fell off and Bryson didn't stop peeing! I looked over to see Karen wiping pee off her chin and spitting in a napkin! Bryson peed in Karen's face, mouth, the roof of the truck and centerconsole! Karen was actually laughing, so hard she was crying so was Bryson and I! Kaylee on the other hand didn't think it was so funny. I looked at Karen and said "You know that's going into the blog"!
We went to Halifax, because Norman was scheduled to ride his scooter. Norman's show was planned for 4:45pm in Halifax, so we got up 1st thing in the morning and headed to a place called Peggy's cove. It was a picturesque little fishing village built on top of a granite shelf left behind by retreating glaciers millions of years ago! We spent the day walking through this little village and then out on the granite coastline by the lighthouse. There was a lady playing the bag pipes and we stopped to take in a few songs and then she stopped to ask if she could pet Norman. Norman got recognized by a local who saw the news show's tease from the day before. We told the man that Norman would be live tonight and he went around telling anyone who was walking by about Norman. He was recognized about 3 other times that day. Time was ticking so we had to make our way back to Halifax and get Norman to work! We arrived 30 minutes early and the kids and I stayed in the truck while Norm and Karen went in to perform. She said Norman did great and that the staff was really friendly and accomodating to them.
One note as we leave Halifax. This city was very frustrating for me to drive in! The roads were very tough to navigate even with Karen manning the maps! They have pedistrian lights everywhere for which anyone wanting to cross the street pushes the button and the light flashes yellow! I could be cruising down a street and out of the blue someone starts walking across the road right in front of you. These signs are not necessarily in the middle of intersections and can be very random, so you really have to be on your toes! The people also act like hey I'm in the cross walk and I don't even have to look to see if your slowing down!
Lets just say I was glad to get out of Halifax from a driving perspective!
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