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Our trip to North Sydney harbour seemed uneventful. It seemed it because we slept the whole way. We had toasted our arrival on the ferry with a rather large glass of wine and that was all that was needed to put us to sleep an hour before the ferry even left the dock.
We had decided to ride from North Sydney to Sydney, about 25 kilometres to try to find a restaurant so we could have breakfast on the waterfront. After touring around downtown for twenty or thirty minutes we decided to go into the Holiday Inn. It had a dining room over looking a marina and the bay. Breakfast was great but the reason for sharing this rather ordinary story was what happened after breakfast. We were about to leave when who walks in the door but our new friends Kyle and Tessa. This was starting to get a little weird. From our first meeting to being on the same ferry to Newfoundland, to arriving at the ferry to return to Nova Scotia and being parked side by side. Then to make no plans to meet after that and show up at the same restaurant at the same time.
Whoa, do do dodoo!
It was nice to catch up with Kyle and hear how his ride is progressing. He has now ridden over 1000 kilometres on his journey to raise funds to beat breast cancer. They had also managed to camp 3 times, something I did not think Tessa was too fond of. Go get em Kyle.
After a couple of pictures together it was time for us to start heading west again. It is different now, no timetable and no definite destination. Talks today are about going to P.E.I. and taking a ferry to get there. So after a quick look at the map we were off. Along the way we were going to pass the entrance to the Cabot Trail. We have been told not to miss it. It is a loop that may take a few hours but it should be well worth the time. So this is where our planning would make a difference. Neither of us really studied where we would be going or our route. How hard could it be, we have 2 GPS's, we haven't had any troubles so far, sort of. Well after taking the correct turnoff from the
Trans Canada highway we thought we would just stay on the loop and enjoy the scenery, wrong! We rode a very pretty little road for about 20 minutes or so and came to a fork in the road, so we took it. We took the wrong one. Both GPS's told us to take the same route which lead us to the end of a road. At the end of the road was a ferry that we had not expected to see. Now what. Well another car pulled up and being a man I thought I would just ask for directions. The young lady assured me we were on the correct road to complete the loop and this was just a side road. So we rode the bikes onto a ferry that travels about 200 yards and costs $5.50 per vehicle. Since a motorcycle is a vehicle we paid the same as a rather large R.V. ....Each! Kind of neat though, the ferry was attached to a cable to get it back and forth. So off the ferry and a 5 minute ride brought us back to the Trans Canada where we started. Oh well! We were out the $11.00 dollars
and about an hour and a half which now messed up our arrival at the next ferry crossing. Live and learn, Wrong Way Willy strikes again.
It was nice not to have to worry about the time so we slowed our pace down a little and enjoyed the ride. Today brought a little wind a little rain and a little sun. I actually think we have started to get comfortable with the weather.
We arrived at a place called Caribou Woods to catch the ferry for a 75 minute ride to PEI. It's interesting that you only pay to get off the island. So if you catch the ferry onto PEI, you don't pay or if you cross the Confederation Bridge onto the island you don't pay. This works well for us to experience both crossings as we will take the bridge to New Brunswick on Thursday.
We had a 60 kilometre ride from the ferry terminal to downtown Charlottetown. It was so different than what we have been experiencing for the last two weeks. A different beauty. Farmland as far as you could see in every direction. The first thing that Helli and I kept saying
to each other as we rode along was everything is so immaculate and tidy. The homes the farms even the businesses were manicured. To come from a place that was complete wilderness to an island with absolutely no wilderness is hard to comprehend, especially when they are only a few hundred miles apart.
After checking into our hotel and a meal of seafood chowder and fish and chips, we were done.
I am very excited to see another province I know nothing about. That's going to change!!!
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JOAN MUMBY
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Prince Edward Island
Hi, my dear Helen and Ian. Charlottetown - where the beginning of federation was signed - read all about it. Lilla went to High School here. She was born and bred on the island, but her mother died of the Spanish flu. before her little girl was two years old. Lucy Maude Montgomery wrote Anne of Green Gables here, and her house and Green Gables are open to tourists. Red is the colour of the earth and Anne's hair. You can look forward to a delicious lobster dinner. but be prepared to wear a bib! I am looking forward to your impressions of our smallest province. You did read Anne of Green Gables, didn't you? Love you Mum xxx