A Good Day for Animals

We’re back in Nova Scotia and heading west. We’re at Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cheticamp Campground. It’s a pretty campground.

Nova Scotia has more soil and so big trees. I like that.

Today we took a drive east along the Cabot Trail to a trail out onto White Point. On the trip out it was foggy and rainy and there were no views at the vistas. We did however have a young bear lope across the road in front of the truck. Of course I wasn’t fast enough to get his picture. It was still foggy at the point but clear enough to appreciate the cliffs.

And clear enough to watch the grey seals swimming at the base of the cliffs. They appeared to be hunting. When they surfaced they were always facing the shore and through the binoculars they seemed to be looking right back at us. We watched one group of about 10 seals. These are big animals. Adults can be over 6 feet long and weigh over 700 pounds.

Farther out on the point there was another group of seals. That is one seal sitting on a rock. It was a big one.

Besides the seals and other birds, this bald eagle was hunting fish off these cliffs, too.

On the trip back to camp it started to clear off. Now we could see the highlands.

The sea and shore were lovely.

As we were coming down along the shore I saw black humps in the water. I told Bud to pull off at the next opportunity. Several other people were there watching, too. A look through the binoculars confirmed that we were seeing whales. One of the other watchers said they were probably pilot whales. There were about eight of them. You’ll have to take my word for it, as this was the best the iPhone would do.

It would have been a beautiful trip, regardless, but seeing the animals made it a very good day!