Friday, June 29, 2012

The Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.  We did it!  300 k of the toughest biking we've ever done.  The Cascades and the Rockies were far easier!  We had 13% grades, scary downhills, winds of 60 mph, rain, fog and some sun!  The scenery was breath taking, the people were very kind.
I'll add photos when I figure it out.  It took us 5 days.  Day 1 were biked 38 miles and stayed with a warm showers host, Rosie, a biologist for the National Park.  Great.  Then we biked over Smokey Mtn and camped at a beautiful spot in Cape North, 50 miles.  Day 3 we biked over North Mtn, had high winds and ended early in Pleasant Bay, 23 miles.  We stayed at a hostel there.  Day 4 we biked over McIntosh and one other mtn in driving rain and fog.  Met a nice guy at the Park visitor center.  He suggested his campground 30 some miles away.  We made it there and he and his partner cooked us stir fry and rice and gave us cold beers!
We're off to Newfoundland tomorrow.  It's a 6 hour ferry ride.
Love to all,
Therese and Doug

some pics from Cabot Trail, NS and Trout River, NF