Last week we loaded up the car and blasted off to Cape Breton. AG took some vacation; wedding season is over; it’s almost our anniversary: a post-Thanksgiving Great Escape was just the thing to shake up our routine. As an added bonus, even though the weather was mostly not great, the fall colours were still spectacular. We drove the entire Cabot Trail, spent a wet and windy day at Fortress Louisbourg, had family portraits taken, and generally enjoyed each other’s company.