It was a cool, rainy morning on Cape Breton Island but, upon arriving at Inverness, on its west coast, a brief respite was granted. We took advantage of that break in the rain to hike along the town's shoreline boardwalk, returning on the beach (photo).
Since the rain bands were moving off to the northeast, we headed south to Port Hood. There, at the city park, a boardwalk leads out between scenic wetlands (photo) and the beach, ending at a sandy spit. A large flock of great black-backed gulls lounged on a secluded stretch of the shore.
Tomorrow we go whale watching, scheduled to depart from Pleasant Bay, farther up the coast. A report on that experience will follow.
