Get Away

This past Thanksgiving weekend Martin and I were able to get away for a few days.  We decided to take a road trip to Cape Breton as the colors were showing their best.  We made a stop in New Glasgow to take a look at the rental properties.  Also stopping to check out an empty lot for some development possibilities.  Real Estate is always a hot topic when we get out on our own.

Next stop was the Red Shoe Pub, owned by the Rankin family in Mabou.  We had a great pub experience, but didn't stay late enough for the live entertainment, as our pillows were calling us.  We then headed to Baddeck where we booked a room at the Inverney Resort for two nights.  We had a great stay, taking in the busy holiday vibes, tour groups, family gatherings, and other couples seeming to get away from it all. 

 

As we walked through Baddeck, we saw a kid's yellow boot in the water just off the walkway.  We also took the opportunity to take the ever popular 'selfie'.

 

On the Sunday we went for a road trip, on a mission to find a certain waterfall.  We stopped for the views, breathe taking, and full of color.

We took a side road thinking the waterfall might be down there, we only seemed to find an off road dump.

 We also saw these cows, just randomly grazing on the hillside

 Potential??  There is always potential

After driving for quite sometime, we decided that we weren't going to find this waterfall and that we would head back to Baddeck and drive out the next day to find another.

 

We again took off down some dirt road, crossing this single lane bridge with a gorgeous scene.

 We continued on this dirt road, reassuring each other that as long as there were power lines we were good.   When we hit the snowmobile roads, we decided to turn around and track back...

 Then all of a sudden there it was an official sign leading to a parking lot full of cars and a detailed map on how to hike to the Waterfall??!!  we so didn't take the most direct route there, but we did have fun on the way.  The hike took about 20 minutes and 20 minutes out, it was a gorgeous climb with many awesome views.

 another selfie, what fun

 Martin decided to see if he could hike to the top of this waterfall, I got a glimpse of him half way up, but then he disappeared for a good 20 minutes until I saw him again on his way down.  He said that the waterfall continued on further, how awesome it could have been to continue to hike on up, but that would require some pretty good climbing equipment.

 On the way home we stopped at Rita's Tea Room for thanksgiving dinner and pick up a little souvenir for my mom who has wanted to go there for some time. 

 

We had a great weekend away, it was so nice to have adult conversation continuously, enjoy every meal in silence or at least proper conversation, the ability to sleep in, and most of all, no watching the clock for bathroom breaks, and food breaks.   Thanks Mom S. for watching our girls.