点评:We rented a car and drove around Cape Breton (i.e., Cabot Trail) from the cruise dock. On-line suggests it's a 4 hr drive, but you have to add 1+ hrs to/from the Cabot loop. And the 6-hour timeline assumes the driver has the abilities to pass slow people on windy roads with sometimes challenging sight-lines and fading yellow lines, etc. So cruise-exit to cab to car rental to tour and returns is a minimum 6-hour drive+trip. While doable, it is pretty much non-stop, eat in the car. But, what about the trip?
The views are among the best we've seen. Ocean, hills, cliffs and especially unusual is the variety of growing zones which get into obvious Taiga on the higher mountains (i.e., minimal scrubby trees, barely not tundra). Beauty is of course deeply personal. We'd rank the west coast of the Cape of Good Hope, Canadian Rockies (i.e., Icefields Parkway), Big Sur, Going to the Sun road, Norway's fjords, some in southern Utah higher, but that's a short list of car drives! :)
Would we do it as a day trip again? Maybe, but Tip: We'd drive only ~40% of the way, by going up the east coast and then return, as it would be more relaxing and allowing more stop-and-see. The best scenery on the west coast is already pushing the 50% mark, so if you want that, you may as well do it all.
翻译:我们租了一辆车,从邮轮码头出发,绕着布雷顿角(也就是卡伯特小径)转了一圈。网上说车程4小时,但往返卡伯特环线的话,你得再加1个多小时。6小时的行程是假设司机有能力在弯弯曲曲的道路上超车,而且路上有时视线不好,黄线也模糊不清等等。所以,从邮轮码头出来,到出租车,再到租车点,再到游览地,再返回,至少需要6个小时的车程。虽然可以做到,但几乎是不停歇的,车上还可以吃东西。那么,旅程怎么样呢?
这里的景色是我们见过的最美的。海洋、丘陵、悬崖,尤其不寻常的是,这里生长着各种各样的植物,在高山上明显地延伸到针叶林(也就是几乎没有矮树,几乎没有苔原)。美当然是深刻而个人化的。我们会把好望角西海岸、加拿大落基山脉(也就是冰原大道)、大苏尔、向阳之路、挪威峡湾以及犹他州南部的一些地方排得更高,但这只是自驾游的一小部分!:)
我们会再把它安排成一日游吗?也许吧,不过小贴士:我们只开大约40%的路程,沿着东海岸往上走然后再返回,这样会更放松,也有更多的时间停下来看看。西海岸最美的风景已经接近50%了,所以如果你想要那样的话,不妨把所有地方都安排一下。