A whale of a day!

After a good nights sleep we slept in and while waiting for our noon whale watching tour we drove to a popular bakery to buy some breakfast/lunch goodies. Excellent baking!

Our tour to see pilot whales started right on time.I was at the front of the zodiac with Caro behind me. The zodiac was configured with a bench down the middle and another fellow was directly beside me and sitting up front with me (we were back to back). The captain stated that we could get wet (forewarning there!).

We sped across the ocean to a school of pilot whales and spent probably 30-40 minutes with them all around us!. There were big males,females with calves and juveniles. There were quite a few times that they were right beside us. It was really awesome

 I don't have a photo that does the whales justice because being in the front of the zodiac me and the other guy were getting deluged with water splashing over the front when waves hit us at certain angles. I was soaked so bad that I had water running done my legs after soaking through my pants. My glasses were covered in sea water and I had to put away my cell phone (my camera) because it was getting very wet. The ride back was seriously bumpy. The guy beside me hurt his back and both Caro and I were jarred at various times.

When we were back to shore we dried out as best we could (which wasn't that great) and headed down the highway on the three hour trip to Pictou. We picked this town because it is near the ferry to PEI. The accommodation is an old courthouse or something and really is fun to have a room that used to be an office. Hard wood floors and 12 or 14 foot celing

 Our room is the bottom left

First thing we did was shower and change then we went to a laundry mat to wash our salty and dirty clothes. We had a beer at a beer garden right on the ocean front.It was priceless to sit there and enjoy the ambiance.

We finished off the evening by eating at a recommended fish/chip burger joint near our place, and then walking some of the streets looking at all the old houses.

Caro is just going to have a bath in the jetbath in the room