Wood Islands to New Glasgow
A couple of rainstorms during the night left our campground soggy but our tents were able to dry because of the strong south winds off of the water. Packed up and on our way to the ferry dock by 8:05. By 8:30 we were wandering around the ferry dock waiting for our ferry to take us from PEI to our 9th province, Nova Scotia.
A 75 minute ferry ride was followed by a tough 8 km ride to the information place in Pictou.
After lunch the real 'slogging' began. We faced a 20 km south wind with gusts of 35 km (according to the Weather Channel) all the way to the Trans Canada. At times we were 'crawling' at speeds under 10 km. And did I mention that this part of Nova Scotia was not flat? As the guy at the information place said "nowhere in Nova Scotia is there a flat road". Doesn't that sound promising? And about the information place...this was the friendliest, most knowledgeable, best serviced Provincial Information place we have come across in our whole adventure. They even booked us a motel for tonight 'free of charge'!
We had another short day as we are planning our 'attack' of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. (This really is 'kicking the '#@+$' out of our daily average)!!!
Daily Distance = 33.00 km. Time on the bikes = 2 hours 27 minutes. Average Speed = 13.38 km. Maximum Speed = 46.69 km. Wildlife Sightings = Marsh Hawk, Red Tailed Hawk, Osprey, Cormorants, Bald Eagle, Great Blue Heron, Black Ducks.
Kevin = 3, Sue = 0, Eric = 1.
