The day started out really well. We awoke much earlier than we have been getting up lately - the not so bright time of 5:30 am. We packed our bags, and Mary very kindly made us a nice breakfast. Eggs, ham, toast, muffins - we were stuffed. We managed to leave by 6:15, which was good because we wanted to make sure to get to the ferry well before its departure time of 8:00, because if we missed that one, we would need to wait until 11:15 for the next one. Normally 1h 45m would be more than enough for us to do our first 25 km, but with the PEI hills, and the wind we've been getting lately, we didn't want to take any chances. As it turned out, it rained all last night, and
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