We left before 8am without breakfast or coffee and were rewarded at a beautiful lookout with big grey clouds, rugged rocks and rough waves. We spent a good 45 minutes enjoying and photographing the scene.

Having worked so hard, we deserved a hardy breakfast at the Westside Cookhouse in Inverness. The omelettes where great and the coffee excellent!

Nearby was a photography gallery with canvas prints of Nova Scotia images taken by two photographers.

The next street had a store called Tears of Glass which specialized in making jewelry of glass washed up on the beach. We’d never heard of this before and were told it was from glass thrown into the ocean that is broken and tumbled by the action of the waves and rocks.

The idea of visiting another distillery was interesting to us and we hoped it would a scotch whiskey one given the large Scottish influence in this region. It was high end distillery with bottles costing as much as $750. The tour had already started and since we’re not whiskey experts like Martin’s brother Ron, we chose to move on.

Close to Port Hood was some more affordable at the Galloping Cows. We were welcomed by two beautiful dogs one of which was Sam, the 15 week old shepherd.

It wasn’t about the dogs, but the spreads and sauces. We talked for a long time to the owner and learned about his small business and its national and international successes.

The owner suggested a beach for a good swim with waves. We drove another gravel road to get there and found the beach well visited. It wasn’t all that sandy and the water had quite a number of jellyfish in it. Nevertheless we had a short swim with Pepsi looking out for us and guarding our belongings. After the swim we walked the beach looking for sea glass and found two pieces, one amber and one green.

We were still missing a bit of culture for the day and this came in the form of a performance and dance at the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre.

It was now time to look for a spot for the night. One of the phone apps we use listed a parking lot at a trail that was right next to the water and we checked it out, finding another camper already there. We talked to this couple from BC for a long time before we went for a short walk and then had supper.