Fortress of Louisburg, Cape Breton, NS

The boys had such a good time exploring the Fortress. It is usually
closed at this time of the year and just happened to be open to
accomodate two bus tours. So we kind of had the place to ourselves.
We got to chat a lot with the french soldiers. They told us all about
the era of the Fort.

This soldier was explaining life as a soldier at the Fort, in the 1700's.
He also explained and demonstrated the firing of his musket. There
were some women soldiers too, of course, there would never have been
women soldiers then, but today, they can ever gain training to fire the
muskets and cannons and do the blacksmithing demonstations- go girls!
I picked up the musket-it weighs about 40lbs! Heavier then a 5 year old!

This man was so wonderful, we asked if Loudon could touch the musket.
Loudon was very interested. When we asked if we could take a picture,
he through his hat, actually a trefoil (I think) on Loudon's head.
What a great photo!