Day 15: 25.07.09
Today found us once again packing the van – no surprise – in the rain of course! We decided to make a short detour to the township of Baddeck to visit the national historic site of the Alexander Graham Bell Museum. Erroneously, it now seems, I thought that Alexander Graham Bell was mainly associated with the invention of the telephone. His life and work however, extended much further than this one invention. As a teacher and most of all, a humanitarian, Bell bridged the world between sound and silence, teaching deaf people (including his wife, Mabel) to speak. He also pursued many ideas from transmission of sound on light to treadle powered graphophones. Bell and his wife made Baddeck their summer home and it was from here the first flight in the British Empire occurred. The museum tour was quite interesting and kid friendly. The kids actually had to find museum items and once done, we rewarded with an ice cream! In the afternoon we drove down to North Sydney and located our hotel for the evening. Did I say hotel? After two weeks in a mostly damp and cramped van, the room seems palatial. An indoor bathroom is positively luxurious! We took advantage of this and caught up on our laundry. The kids enjoyed catching up on two weeks of TV. Availing ourselves of the hotel’s restaurant was also a treat. We made the most of it as it will be back to the trusty van and camp food tomorrow!
Today found us once again packing the van – no surprise – in the rain of course! We decided to make a short detour to the township of Baddeck to visit the national historic site of the Alexander Graham Bell Museum. Erroneously, it now seems, I thought that Alexander Graham Bell was mainly associated with the invention of the telephone. His life and work however, extended much further than this one invention. As a teacher and most of all, a humanitarian, Bell bridged the world between sound and silence, teaching deaf people (including his wife, Mabel) to speak. He also pursued many ideas from transmission of sound on light to treadle powered graphophones. Bell and his wife made Baddeck their summer home and it was from here the first flight in the British Empire occurred. The museum tour was quite interesting and kid friendly. The kids actually had to find museum items and once done, we rewarded with an ice cream! In the afternoon we drove down to North Sydney and located our hotel for the evening. Did I say hotel? After two weeks in a mostly damp and cramped van, the room seems palatial. An indoor bathroom is positively luxurious! We took advantage of this and caught up on our laundry. The kids enjoyed catching up on two weeks of TV. Availing ourselves of the hotel’s restaurant was also a treat. We made the most of it as it will be back to the trusty van and camp food tomorrow!
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