planning a trip 2 Nova Scotia> Niagra Falls

bmwrider88 said:

bought two small bottles (airline size) of the 10 year old Glen Breton scotch at the Glenora Distillery.
We enjoyed them very much. :

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Indeed.. the proof on them almost makes up for the price.. It is an excellent whiskey.

The distillery also has a very nice inn attached, with superb meals and nice rooms. Stayed there a few years ago while on a NS/CB bike ramble.. just sorta wandered in and asked if they had any rooms, turns out someone had cancelled.

If you're feeling really rich - they do whiskey tasting sessions - with lots of very good stuff - for a small fortune. I didn't feel quite that rich, but got to watch a few couples who did do it.

deilenberger said:

Indeed.. the proof on them almost makes up for the price.. It is an excellent whiskey.

The distillery also has a very nice inn attached, with superb meals and nice rooms. Stayed there a few years ago while on a NS/CB bike ramble.. just sorta wandered in and asked if they had any rooms, turns out someone had cancelled.

If you're feeling really rich - they do whiskey tasting sessions - with lots of very good stuff - for a small fortune. I didn't feel quite that rich, but got to watch a few couples who did do it.

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This is one of the final stops of our Salty Fog Riders Rally in September. Pricey, yes but and interesting tour at reasonable rate .... with a wee dram at the end. - Bob

Yeah the Glenora Distillery was right on the way, so a stop was definite, tho our riding friends don't drink very much, so the stop was only to pop into the gift shop, to score a taste to go. Had we known exactly where they are located we would have tried to have lunch there- but the signage in sparse, at best. turns out we ate in Inverness, then found out from our server that the distillery was only 15 minutes or so down the road!

Our weather was actually fantastic, even on the Cabot Trail- where we had only a tiny amount of fog. We rode the Cabot Trail practically by ourselves! VERY little other traffic on it the day we rode there! The Kancamagus Highway, OTOH, was jammed on a sunny Saturday, right before the Laconia Bike Week.

Quebec was amazing, and we tried to speak French- even though I butchered it badly. Most everyone that we ran into spoke English anyway.
The city is on the list of "must return to" places. Next time we go, we'll stay out of the more touristy sections and hang in the main part of the city with the locals. Funny thing about the old city? Mediocre food costs as much as (or more than) outrageously good food! There are a couple of restaurants I'd have liked to get to, just not enough time.

Couple pix from the Cabot trail