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| Downsizing |
Posted Sept 4th from Argentia NL
Our last sunny day of cycling on the mainland took us off Cape Breton and onto the mainland of Northern Nova Scotia. Today was a day of transitions as the 5 ton truck which had carried our gear from Vancouver across the continent was not making the trip across the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to Newfoundland.
That meant repacking our stuff from the two laundry baskets we had for the last 10 weeks into our main baggage, so everything could fit in the van and trailer.
Since today’s ride was a short 26 miles, I took the opportunity to do one final wash, and sleep in before heading out around 11:00 A.M. with Serge, Pierre-Alain, and Jacques.
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| Bras d'Or Lake |
Once on the road we had the usual great views – this time of Bras d’Or Lake on Cape Breton and the bridge across it.
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| The Bras d'Or Bridge |
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| Fully loaded! |
One of the fun aspects of today was to load all (well 30 out of 40) bikes onto the trailer and van for loading on the ferry. It made for quite the sight.
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| Camping on the Gulf |
Our “campsite” tonight was aboard the ferry which would take us 266 miles across the Gulf to Newfoundland – 14 hours of time at sea. Departure was scheduled for 1:30 AM so it would be a long day. I did manage to stay up to watch the bow of the boat close after the last of the tractor trailers was loaded on. The boat itself was about 300 feet long so it made for pretty smooth sailing. Thankfully Hurricane Earl will miss us, at least for the ferry crossing.
Did you arrive at St John’s after your crossing?
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