Gayle Forman: The editors at Budget Travel went to great pains to not cut out any of the highlights of my article. The one exception was my semi guilt-ridden explanation of why I committed a sacrilege by not visiting the Cape's main tourist attraction. For your edification, I went back to the original piece to show you what you—er, I—missed.
"I should probably admit here that we also skipped Cape Breton's top tourist attraction Louisburg, a French fortress that fell to the British both times it was attacked but has nonetheless been restored to its former glory, complete with Colonial Williamsburg type actors. I'd like to blame my daughter for this oversight—you know how preschoolers are—but really, I'd sooner visit the DMV than a fort.)"
There, now you know the limits of my travel-writer-selflessness!
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Orchard Park, N.Y.: August trip for 1 week+ leaving from Bar Harbor or Portland, ME ferry 2 60+ adults. Suggested sights for car tour of Nova Scotia, large and small towns, suggestions for best restaurants (all price ranges), possible side trip to PEI. Thanks.
Gayle Forman: Seeing as I'm partial to Cape Breton, I'd suggest taking a day or two to drive up the east coast of Nova Scotia (stopping in Halifax if you want to do the city thing) and then hot-tailing it up to Cape Breton. You can see all sorts of info about restaurants and areas on the Cape in the Budget Travel article: see the link at the top of this page.
People are also partial to the Bay of Fundy, but alas, Nova Scotia is too big and a week is too short to see more than a sliver of it.
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Morehead City, N.C.: Any tips on budget places to stay besides camping? Thanks.
Gayle Forman: House rentals. We saw a four-bedroom house in Baddeck for $600 a week. Other spots are less, so it's worth combing house rental sites (we mention several in the article).
Back to that four bedroom house. If you're traveling with a number of people who can pitch in, that $600 a week is a mighty good deal, especially if you cook meals in. If you stay in Baddeck, be sure to get some Bumbleberry pie from The High Wheeler. And maybe send me a slice. I'm jonesing just thinking about it.
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Gayle Forman: Thanks for coming everyone.
Happy trails!
Gayle
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