Tuesday, March 5, 2013

A taste of Winter

When we travel along this western coast of Cape Breton, we are always watching the water , which to many of us is "the ocean" or "the sea" . In fact , it is really called the "gulf", meaning the Gulf of  St.lawrence .

If a tourist or visitor asks about the weather along the coast , we talk about our high winds and our winters. When  we tell people that the ocean is full of ice , they'll look at us in disbelief.

In these photos , you will see the ice at various coastal locations from Whale Cove on Route 19 to Cape Lemoine on the Cabot Trail  in late February 2013.

View Of Margaree Island 

Looking North  along Cap Lemoine 

Looking South to Margaree Harbour from Cap Lemoine 
The photos do not really do  justice to the actual  experience of actually seeing all this ice , and hearing the sounds of ice in motion as it does move when the tides change , or a wind is pushing it ashore .


Now another dimension of  life along the ocean is that  when  you face West as we on this coast ,   you get to enjoy all those sunsets and the way the colours of the sunset change the landscape .

Sun setting "on the ice"

Looking North from Whale Cove 

A longer view from Whale Cove 

Looking Back to that same house from Belle Cote 

And the sun has set