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Originally Posted by GreenLantern
Alright so did some more research and heres the rough sketch of what I've got so far, looking for positive input on my plans and recommendations for stops I should make. Stay away or don't come to my province are not acceptable answers!
Day 1 (Monday) Land in Halifax, early morning flight approximately 7-8 hours should put us there with about half the day left, including time change.
Day 2 rent car, start the Great Cape Breton tour!
Day 2-4 touring Cape Breton. Right now I am planning to start by going up the NW coast, working our way down to Sydney, then ultimately back to Halifax.
Day 5-6 Arrive in Halifax, spending the weekend here (see how I timed that?)
Day 7 (Sunday) drive down to Lunenberg for the day/spend the night.
Day 8 Back up to Halifax and fly out to western Newfoundland
Day 9-11 spend touring the west coast of Newfoundland
Day 12 Drive to St. Johns (Friday)
Day 13 Spend the day in St. Johns (again, a weekend, great timing amirite?)
Day 14 Fly home/hating life cause we have to leave this beautiful part of the world.
She's tight, but I was able to convince the wife (can I call her that already? I can't say fiance without sounding like a jerkoff, future wife?) to drop PEI so we could spend more time touring Cape Breton/West coast of NFLD. We will have to hit PEI and NB the next time. We really want to hit both Halifax and St. Johns, this gives us 2 uninterupted days in Halifax on the weekend and 1.5 days in St. Johns again on the weekend. Probably not enough time but otherwise we have to cut a lot of the scenic stuff out.. so I figured 1-2 days on the weekend is probably better than 3 during the week.
I was hesitant to land in Newfoundland as recent interactions with some newfies really turned me off of the place, but then I thought, they can't all be basement dwelling virgins with their panties in a knot, so lets give er a go!
The next step is to start looking into activities, and I have been able to find a few good fishing outposts so far, but any recommendations from personal experiences would be awesome.
We are definitely going to work in a night at the Train Station, thanks again Jimmy for that great recommendation.
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Just to clarify on your landing in Halifax on day one with 1/2 day left. what time are we talking here? I realize after a 8 hour cross country flight all you might want to do is hit the hay, and that's fine, but if you arrive in NS at 2 or 3 in the afternoon, I would recommend renting your car right then, and hitting the road.
From the airport in the middle of nowhere, downtown Halifax is about 1/2 hour, and the train station inn is about 1 1/2 hours, so in theory you could get your wife in the caboose on the first night.
There are a few nice hotels right at the airport, but there is really nothing there at all. If you spend the first night in Tatamagouche its only a bit over 2 hours to the canso causeway and Cape Breton.
Just a thought as you may find yourself landing, checking into a hotel for the rest of the day and just waiting for tomorrow to come to "get started" while your internal vacation clock is ticking away.
I do agree with you cutting PEI out of the trip if you are strapped for time, and I love PEI, but you can pretty much "do it" in a day. I really enjoy Cape Breton. I know not many people picked up on your outdoorsy stuff, but I know you can rent a Yurt in
Whycocomagh if that is the type of thing you want to try. (hmm, Day 1 honeymoon, sleep in a train, day 2, sleep in a hut, day 3...?)
You may also want to read up on Cape Breton Highlands national park to satisfy some of your outdoor adventuring. I would recommend Keji, but since you aren't heading that way it will have to be for another trip.
Sounds like an awesome time, I have lived here in NS almost all my life and have driven to Florida multiple times and have been all the way out to Vancouver, but never to Newfoundland... maybe this summer...