Category Archives: Canada

Bridgetown to Coldbrook, Nova Scotia 9/19/23. 51 miles. AIS: 4:23. 11.6 mph. Elev 1430 ft. It rained all night last night… and I’m talking pouring rain! When I woke at 6:30am it was still pouring rain. My phone weather app said it rained more than 1/2” of rain! It continued to rain, pouring rain untilContinue reading “Day 33. Took the high road”

Digby to Bridgetown, Nova Scotia 9/18/23. 42 mi. AIS: 3:45. 10.8 mph. Elev. 1929 Beautiful sunrise in Digby and we left our 3 day layover town heading south along the Annapolis Basin and eventually along the Annapolis River valley. First stop was a little artist community and indigenous community named Bear River. It was aContinue reading “Day 32. Back in the saddle… and it feels good😊”

9/17/23. Another day passes as we get ready to start riding again tomorrow (Monday). The storm moved out last night with some wind this morning. The clouds moved out and the sun came out by afternoon and the wind decreased. It was beautiful by 4pm… a little chill in the air but the air wasContinue reading “Day 31. Waiting… as the storm leaves”

Digby, Nova Scotia Hurricane Lee… tropical storm… Cat 1 winds Distances to date: 194 miles Week 4. (5 days – 3 riding, 1 layover, 1 transportation) 218 miles week 3. (5 days) 291 miles week 2. (7 days) 222 miles week 1 (6 days) TOTAL: 925 miles, 22 riding days. Avg. 42 miles per dayContinue reading “Day 30. A day in the wall…”

Digby to Rossway, NS and Rossway to Digby 9/15/23. 21 mi. AIS: 1:55. 11.1 mph. Elev. 1020 ft. When you stay at a Bed and Breakfast you get a nice, fresh homemade breakfast and this one has a great, tasty cup of coffee! Going to be a good Hurricane layover spot. We also seem toContinue reading “Day 29. Explore the Digby neck”

Fredericton, New Brunswick to Digby, Nova Scotia 9/14/23. 12 miles: (6 mi. to bus, 3 mi to ferry, 3 mi.to B&B) Will we miss New Brunswick (New Bum-stick)? Nope, not one little bit. I hate to judge a province by the weather in 4-5 days but our experience has been unflattering to say the least.Continue reading “Day 28. Bus ride/Ferry ride…travel day…fast forward”

Fredericton NB. The Capitol of the province New/Noveau Brunswick 9/13/23. Today was a good day. It’s all about perspective, right? As one of my followers reminded me… there are days when it’s all fun… and there are days it’s fun when it’s over! Yesterday felt like the latter. It’s nice that our plans are notContinue reading “Day 27. Fredericton rain delay”

Woodstock to Fredericton, New Brunswick 9/12/23. 59 mi. AIS: 5:50. 10mph. Elev 1919 ft. There are days when 50 miles feels like 80…today was certainly one of those! When the All Trails route shows dozens of little ups and downs on the ride profile and Google says “moderate hills”… it turns out to be challenging…Continue reading “Day 26. Tough as nails today!”

Perth-Andover to Woodstock (not NY), New Brunswick 9/11/23. 50 mi. AIS: 4:33. 11 mph. Elev 1312 ft. Woke up to the rain. Headed to a little cafe for some breakfast… and check the weather radar. Looks like the afternoon will improve. Our goal today was 50 miles to Woodstock. Decided to get started. We hadContinue reading “Day 25. Can’t escape being wet!”

Edmunston to Perth-Andover, New Brunswick 9/10/23. 64 mi!! AIS: 5:38. 11.4 mph. Elev. 2151 ft. Nice 8am rollout. We were planning to go about 40 mi to Grand Falls…. And camp. The forecast for tonight and all day tomorrow is rain. The road conditions today were really, really good. We were on single lane highwayContinue reading “Day 24. Pounding the pavement”