The long way home

After some 2,300 miles we began our long return back to Michigan. Sunday morning was cold with a promise of rain (a promised not kept fortunately). After breakfast and tidying up we packed the car; fortunately Pauline had taken a photo of our success in packing the cargo space when we left Halifax so we spent little time fussing with the bags. 

But before leaving Baddeck, we had one final stop to make: the Alexander Graham Bell national historic site. 

While his home and family cemetery is located north of town and is not accessible to the public -- the family still owns it -- the exhibition halls showing his work in helping the deaf to speak as well as his work in early aviation among numerous other inventions, made this a most illuminating and worthwhile stop.

Once we left Baddeck we returned to the 105 and drove south to the Canso Causeway and off Cape Breton Island onto Rte 104 in the direction of Truro. 

It wasn't long before we found ourselves back in Antigonish, where we stopped for lunch at Justamere, right off the highway (and I had a scrumptious fish burger). An hour later we were back on the highway and soon afterwards switched to the 102 south to Halifax arriving at the Halifax airport about 4:30pm. 

That evening the four of us ensconced ourselves into easy chairs in the lobby and sipped wine chatting away the time until we walked across the hall for dinner (which was quite good).

backside of the entrance to the exhibition halls

beginning of the exhibition

comfortable couches were everywhere 

my lovely fish burger