Reality Check Tour 2022: Acadia National Park, ME - to Nova Scotia (Cape Breton - Cabot Trail) - to Quebec City

I had departed from Burlington, VT and drove back roads through New Hampshire, and to the tourist laden Bar Harbor, ME. The joy of Bar Harbor is that it borders on Acadia National Park. A ride up Cadillac Mountain was worth the ticket. And enjoyed meeting fellow bikers Nathan and Marcus from Virginia: During this lunch with my new friends, they observed a contrast in culture right there in the restaurant (Geddy's): Notice the Amish women eating lunch next to a nude mermaid :) I then took the ferry from Bar Harbor, ME to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Taking Canada 3 and 103, I traveled north, stopping in Liverpool, Peggy's Cove, and Halifax. I had been informed of a pirate's festival, called Privateer, held in Liverpool, so I dropped by: The real fun began after leaving Halifax (a big industrial port city), and took coastal road Canada 7 up to Cape Breton. I had never heard of Cape Breton, nor had I heard of Cabot Trail. I had to make a deci...