> A friend of mine recently suggested perhaps we planned this adventure so as to actually experience, first hand, a true hurricane. I saw the humour in the suggestion. I also recognized the hints of reality and truth in it. Of course we did not hear about Lee and then decide to journey east. This trip has been planned since pre-COVID. While there was a whisper about a tropical storm developing, there was no certainty about where, when or if it would continue; and so we carried on with our preparations and trip. After responding to my friends email I decided the 'story' was worth sharing. It went like this…
> Hi there… thanks for the chuckle. Well, you’re a little bit correct. Some thought we should cancel the whole trip. Others didn t even know about the hurricane, and a few thought (even after all the planning, effort and cost to get here) we should turn tail and skidaddle on home. None of those options appealed to us so we worked out a plan that would see us as safe as family + geography + weather forecasts could make us. When Kathy's cousins (Sally and Jim) offered us the old home to hunker down in… the plan was set and here we are; safe and sound, catching up on our reading, travel log notes and storm watching 😀
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> I must confess, having a view of the ocean (from our hill top) that goes all the way to the horizon… and being able to watch the waves as they are first blown away from the shore and then, as the wind clocks around - just before dusk - they are being blown towards the beach… is fascinating. I've even been able to keep an eye on the fishing boats tied up in the small harbour below our hill and, as far as I can tell, their breakwater has protected them well. There's also a bench on the veranda we can sit on (mostly protected from the wind) and watch the scene unfold before us.
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> I have also been fascinated with the clouds throughout this 'adventure'. It seems to me this past year has seen many different and spectacular cloud formations; yesterday was no exception.
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> The wind did pick up last night and it blew fairly hard but our wonderful heritage home stood strong and didn't appear to mind at all. Everything remains in tact and, while the power did go out at one point, it was back on within the hour. Not bad service for being out at the end of Mabou Mines Road.
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> I've just checked our weather source (Windy) and the winds here are currently about 25-30 km (less than some we had to deal with sailing down the coast). Lee is moving north - up Nova Scotia and Cape Breton today and 🤞will be history tomorrow (Monday). The storm damage you are seeing on TV is mostly in the Lunenburg/ Halifax area as well as up the Bay of Funday. We are north of there and on the north western shore of Cape Breton. We are fine and hope to continue our exploration of Cape Breton tomorrow. Our plans will firm up once we're sure Lee has moved on.
TTFN from beautiful Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. CJ
