The ferry to Caribou, NS is about 75 minutes and the weather is sunny, so we sat outside at picnic tables to enjoy the scenery. I had a chat with a few Amish farmers, and they wanted to know about farming in Alberta. I could not answer too much, so Dennis or Byron, if you get a call from Abraham in PEI, you will know what that is about. Do they use telephones? They told me that a number of them are moving to PEI from Ontario, because the land is cheaper, but the soil was not as good as Ontario. I started the conversation by asking one of them whether his straw hat was glued on as it was not blowing off in the wind. They laughed, and said tight fit. Interesting guys.
Today is a stock up day for groceries and other items, so a couple of stops in New Glasgow and the countryside route to Lin Harbour and our campground. An early arrival at the campground will get me on good terms with our RV, as he has been bugging me constantly about a bath.
This type of yard in NS and PEI is very typical in the countryside. This one would be like 200 meters in length. Catholic families with a lot of kids to ride the mower must live in these places.
We are off the next morning to Cabot Links Resort, and we started off slow, so running late. When that happens, you encounter a raised bridge and roads with a lot of turns, so you have panic. We made our tee time but barely. This is the #4 course in Canada according to Score Golf.
No riding on this course, strictly walking. This course is in the top 10 for Canada and is total links design. Stay straight and you are ok. The starter tried to talk me down to a tee of 5000 yards based on my handicap of 12. I chose the 6000 yd tee and did fine. Absolutely great course and loved it.
She missed the green on this one, by the way.
you could take a caddy. Will do that tomorrow
Cabot cliffs tomorrow. Can’t wait!
This is the #1 rated course in Canada according to Score Golf.
We ate at the Cabot Pub which is their upgraded bar. Mid range. When we got there the Marshall for the course just got off shift so we had a beer with him as we chatted with him on the course. He had visited and lived for a short period In western Canada. He said that he was in Harrison Hot Springs, BC in 1977 when the traffic got all jammed up. Their had been a Sasquatch siting and he witnessed the footprint. I asked him if this was his first beer? He claimed that it was authentic and said to google it. Harrison is the Sasquatch capital of Canada so they must have seen it! I am going with the more than 1 beer theory. We plan on doing the western portion of our cross Canada trip in the next couple of years, so I will have to have an extra beer when we go thru Harrison.
Our game today will be our 9th game on this trip. Today we will be playing alone as a twosome and it is the 9th time that we are playing alone. There must be a message there. In Selkirk, a twosome was behind us and Marg asked them to join us and they declined. I was thinking old school chum with a grudge?
The #1 course in Canada both superb golf and a postcard on every hole. Again, no riding, just pull carts and some very steep hills, so a good workout. Some pics
The Marshall told me before the game that I could putt the ball on 17 from 100 yards out and get it on the green. I told him to put a marker up there to remind me to try it. They were giving out free cookies on the opening tee, so he said sure, how about a cookie. The starter said, one of the members of the fox family that lives on the course would get the cookie before I got there.
Sure enough, we saw a red fox and he was carrying a mouse in his mouth. He looked pretty bummed out having to eat a mouse instead of a cookie.
We have some warranty work scheduled for tomorrow in Halifax so an afternoon of driving to get close.
Looks like a scary course! But the mussels look delightful! Yum!
Glad you are getting to play those courses. Outstanding.