Lee and I visited Cape Breton a few years ago. It was quite scenic, and very thinly populated. The only "local" we met was the owner of a gas station and general store; He was a Jersey boy who moved there a few year earlier.
We drove the Cabot trail, and stopped at most of the scenic overlooks. The "trail" was plastered with signs advising the location of the Wi-Fi hot spots. The best aspect of Cape Breton is the Celtic culture. We attended two ceilidhs in Baddeck; both were excellent, with music and dance that matched or surpassed any Celtic performance I've seen in Ireland, Wales or Scotland. In fact, I'm quite certain that there is a higher percentage of Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia than anywhere in the British Isle, except perhaps Dingle. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 2:31 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, the water on "mainland" Nova Scotia is pretty cold. You get used to it, > so the locals say, but I never did. > > I'm told the beaches on the Atlantic side of Cape Breton are quite warm as > the Gulfstream hits it before turning east towards Europe. I've never been to > Cape Breton so have no personal experience. > > My little tirade was not directed toward New Jersey ~per se~ but toward the > rampant privatization of what has traditionally been common areas. It's > happening everywhere. > > I'm glad that the beaches from high water down to the water are still common > areas, but if all ingress and egress is private and tightly controlled then > it's rather moot isn't it? Sure you can walk along from adjoining beaches but > restrictions make that more onerous and eventually all such access to those > beaches from land will disappear. > > And that will be a great shame IMHO. > > Cheers, > frank > > > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> > Sent: June 30, 2013 6/30/13 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: PESO - Cape May beach, 10 am > > Of course the beaches in Nova Scotia are free. The water is so cold > that they have to pay people to wade into the surf. <G> > > There are free beaches is Jersey, like Atlantic City, Wildwood and the > federal and state parks. Many smaller towns sell beach badges as a > means of paying for boardwalks, concert halls, sand restoration, beach > clean-up and life guards. > > Th sand below the mean high water line is controlled by the state, in > trust for the people. That means one can walk on any beach, along the > water line. Beach badges are required for many municipal funded > beaches only for sitting and sunning on the beach, and for entry > through the municipal access points. > > There is a lot of sentiment for requiring towns that are taking state > and federal money to repair Sandy damage to open their beaches to > everyone, without charge. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 1:47 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com > <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Wow. Pay to use beaches? More commodification of what used to be considered >> common areas. >> >> In Nova Scotia, where my parents are from, beaches are common areas, as is >> access to them. Community easements have existed for hundreds of years. >> >> Now people from other areas (meaning other countries as well as other parts >> of Canada) are snatching up relatively cheap seaside land and building huge >> vacation houses. >> >> Then they put up fences and "no trespassing" signs preventing locals from >> using traditional pathways to the shore. I'm sure they could go to court to >> have these easements recognized but who can afford that? >> >> Another sigh (second today). >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: Rick Womer <rwomer1...@yahoo.com> >> Sent: June 30, 2013 6/30/13 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Subject: Re: PESO - Cape May beach, 10 am >> >> Yeah, NJ beaches are generally obnoxious. No tag, no admission; residents >> and guests of local hotels get tags. Fortunately we're not beach types. >> >> Don't know about alcoholic beverages; except that the whole town of Ocean >> City is still "dry". >> >> Rick >> >> >> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> Cc: >> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 12:47 PM >> Subject: Re: PESO - Cape May beach, 10 am >> >> New Jersey must have some exclusive beaches if they have bouncers. Do >> they also enforce a two drink minimum? >> >> On 6/29/2013 10:37 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >>> Missing... Communits plot... hmmm... >>> >>> Fluoride in the water? No... >>> >>> Oh! The water! It's beyond the rise in the beach, but because I didn't >>> have a "beach tag" the bouncer wouldn't let me any closer. >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> >>> >>> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> >>> To: pdml@pdml.net >>> Cc: >>> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 12:20 PM >>> Subject: RE: PESO - Cape May beach, 10 am >>> >>> From: Rick Womer >>>> ...on a Tuesday morning. >>>> >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17443555&size=lg >>>> >>>> (K-5, DA 16-45) >>>> >>>> Comments appreciated! >>>> >>>> Rick >>> ... mutter ... communist plot .... mutter mutter mutter ... >>> >>> Something's missing. >>> >>> Otherwise, I like it. a lot. >>> >> >> >> -- >> There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive >> failure, and those that will. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
