Have been sitting here in Baddeck waiting for the dreaded Hurricane Bill to hit. Is a little disconcerting when we have never experienced a hurricane before and have no basement to hold up in. As it turned out, Bill slipped right by us almost unnoticed-had a heavy downpour for part of Sunday afternoon and a few gusts of wind after dark on Sunday, but not enough to even call it a storm !! Went next door to our new friends' coach for a "Hunker Down" party they are Laura & Patrick, from Cape Canaveral, FL so are quite acquainted with these incidents. They were a bit surprised at our version of a hurricane !!! Spent one day out at the Louisbourg Fortress, enjoying the re-enactments of life in the early 1700s and our18th century Colonial history. It was built to protect France's interests in the new world and to serve as the center of its massive fishing industry. Salted dried cod was traded to France and England in exchange for all material things in the fortress including foods, spices, kitchenware, willow branches for basketmaking and all construction materials and tools.
We spent another busy day at the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site at Baddeck. This man was a phenominal inventer as well as a teacher of the deaf-he had taught Hellen Kellar in her young years-he taught deaf people to speak through a language he created. He is remembered for inventing the telephone, the telegraph, the iron lung, X-ray, flying machines and the hydrofoil. Very interesting day.
We are now about to board the ferry to Port aux Basques, Nfld
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