Yes, you can cruise to Canada; and these women made the most of their adventure

There, we found the Baddeck Co-op (48 Twining Street, the main drag) selling Julia’s Cape Breton Oat Cakes, a delicious, crumbly specialty, which fortified us to make our way to the Bell site. Mabel Bell, the inventor’s wife, liked Cape Breton and the Bas d’Or Lake so much that the couple built a summer retreat there. In Baddeck, Bell worked on experimental water craft, including a record-setting hydrofoil, and the new museum ($7.80 Canadian) celebrates that work. Regular presentations in the lobby talk about his life and that of his wife, who was deaf. Or, if you just want to sit on a comfy couch and look at the lake, you can do that, too.