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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
Looks good. I can tell you Newfoundland is awesome. I say there is only one Newfoundlander I ever met that I didn't like (for the record Bob Cole is an ***hole). You'll love it over there.
Do you need recommendations of places to stay? I can recommend a couple cabins in Ingonish (there's also the Keltic Lodge there), the hotels around Sydney (we used the Cambridge Suites for our wedding hotel and have a room booked there for New Year's, although the Hamptons seems nice as well, and Holiday Inn is nice for a Holiday Inn). There's also the Birches in Ben Eion which is awesome (about 30-40 minutes outside of Sydney) it's next to a golf course on the Bras d'Or Lakes. It's an inn so only 12 rooms (I think) and a 5 star restaurant. Or if you prefer I can tell you the best park benches to sleep on.
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Ok so I came across quite a few of those names in my research.
One place I looked at on Bras d'Or Lakes was this Green Highlander Lodge. They had a fly fishing guide booked into the lodge so I figured that might be a good place to stay one night and get my fishing fix in. Any opinions on that place? Or the town of Baddeck in general?
Also the GF had someone tell her about this Castle Moffett.. it looks mighty touristy to me. She says its a castle! Looking online it appears to be a hotel built to look like a castle.. and mighty pricey. I need to convince her its not a good spot for us so give me some dirt :P
Since we have 3.5 ish days, first day drive to Bras, do our fishing/one night. Next day drive to Sydney/one night. Then the last day we would spend touring around the Ingonish area/one night and then back to Halifax. Hit kind of all all three sides, abbreviated I know but still should at least give us some experience there. Somewhere in there is an extra night so I need to figure out which place needs the most time.. or just spread that night out for somewhere inbetween those stops.
Also, I need to find some time to buy you a beer for all your help. Or ten.