At our team meeting this evening, we were talking about how this has been the trip that hasn't gone as planned but that has been awesome anyway! Today, our day off, was certainly no exception.


We drove the two and a half hours to Cheticamp only to discover that our whale watching tour had been cancelled due to rough water. We were disappointed, but decided to continue our adventures for the day and drive the rest of the Cabot Trail, stopping at various lookouts and going for a swim at the base of a small (but freezing cold!) waterfall along the way.


Driving through Cape Breton Highlands National Park was absolutely breathtaking! I'm sure we saw some of the best views in Nova Scotia today and perhaps even in Canada! We could have easily spent a week exploring the park.


Just as the rain and fog were picking up we stopped for dinner at a local restaurant overlooking the ocean that came highly recommended by some locals. It lived up to its reputation and some of us even tried some Nova Scotia seafood!

By the time the day was done, we had covered about 440km of winding highland roads. (And we did get a boat ride after all because our drive home included a small ferry crossing!) Not only was it incredible to see parts of Canada that many on the team had never seen before but it was also awesome to have this time to continue to connect as a team.

It's hard to believe that we are more than halfway through our time here at this point. Some of us are already talking about how we are going to miss this place!

More from us tomorrow...