The Skyline trail - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Woke up the next morning and checked the forecast. Now it was more detailed and I could see an hour by hour analysis, which said until 2pm it's only cloudy, at 2pm the probability of rain is 30% and at 4pm it's 60%. So I said we'll start with the Skyline trail, which is probably the most famous trail in Cape Breton, and then according to the weather we'll see what else to do.
We drove from Ingonish to the trail head which is near Cheticamp on the other side of the peninsula. In some parts of the road (as can be seen in the map) you leave the park which is a little bit funny since there's only one road but … whatever.
Hiking the Skyline trail
Obviously on the way, we experienced the foliage color and it looks like a painter's palette … with those trees covered mountains (high hills?) When we got there I was surprised of how undermarked it is, meaning the signs on the road were no bigger than for any other trail. In addition, the signs at the start of the hike weren't so clear either so we took the long way. Eventually it turned out that it wasn't "really needed" but it was still a nice walk in the woods/open which was different from what we saw so far in Cape Breton.
After a little more than an hour we reached the wooden boardwalk which lead to an amazing balcony with views. Wait another moment with the views, but the place was so windy, so don't take your drone there! 
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Now for the views – on one side you can see the ocean which unfortunately wasn't that special, but on the other side there's a never ending mountain ridge covered with trees in greens and yellows!! On our way back to the parking lot I saw a kind of a bird which looked like a grouse but it probably wasn't …
And another interesting thing we saw there was some fenced area. This was strange, think about it. You're in the middle of a trail, in "hard core" nature and suddenly there's like this square area which is fenced, it makes no sense.
But, there was a sign! They wanted to check the influence of moose on the forest, so they built this fence where there are no moose and for 20 years they're trying to see how trees and other plants are affected by moose. Turns out there are plenty of moose in this area but we didn't get to see any.
More hikes in Cape Breton
Anyway, since the weather was still good, meaning no rain, we moved on to Macintosh brook, a short (~20 minutes) easy trail leading to a small waterfall. The walk itself was really cool, in a forest, no climbs, etc. After that we stopped at "Rustys Anchor" restaurant to get a takeaway sandwich and drove to Red River, just a little north. On our way back we saw we still have some time so we did the "Bog", a short 15 minute walk where there are some insect eating plants.
We were feeling lucky so tried another trail, "Le Buttereau", that honestly, wasn't really worth it. And, on the way back to the car, it started raining … so I guess that was our sign.
Leaving cape Breton
We spent the night at a Pilot Whale Bed & Breakfast close to Cheticamp, a quiet little town. The place really gave a home like feeling. We had a lovely seafood & fish dinner at the Harbour restaurant. When we woke up then ext morning, it was pouring rain! (just like the forecast said), in such a level that we could barely take our luggage to the car … But there was still time for that since we sat down for breakfast .
That's when we saw some of the guests of the B&B, there was a family (parents & daughter) from Vermont and a couple from Halifax, so we had a nice conversation on traveling, politics and such. And then we left …
Basically the plan for today was mainly about driving with the purpose of cutting distances. We wanted to have one last stop in Nova Scotia, and that was in the Glenora distillery. A whisky distillery, the only one outside of Scotland which is allowed to use the word "Glen" in its name! (bet you didn't know that one heh?).
We took the tour which explained about the process of making whisky. Being a whisky fan, who visited some distilleries in Scotland a couple of years ago, I didn't hear any surprises and the whisky itself wasn't that good 
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And that was our last stop in Cape Breton island …
