Coming from the north or west on approach to PEI, you might take the bridge first, do the north west of the Island, then move it east, check things out there, and you're set up for taking the ferry off the Island, and headed easily towards Cape Breton. Thus, you are saving yourself a lot of driving. On the Cabot Trail take time in an afternoon to visit the Glenora Distillery for a nice lunch and enjoy the music they usually play for the afternoon crowd. Taste their product, very much like the Scotch Whiskey from Scotland. In fact, that has been their main goal. The Bell Museum and Louisburg and more of the famous Cabot Trail will beckon before you head off to see the rest of Nova Scotia.