Category Archives: Canada Tours

Baddeck to Indian Brook, Nova Scotia 10/1/23. 35 mi. AIS: 3:00. 11.6 mph. Elev. 1654 ft. Ready to go at 8:30am…Andre was prompt. Only one problem… the fog. We spent about 30-40 minutes chitchatting with Andre and it lifted some… so we were off. Andre took our bags as planned and headed off to deliverContinue reading “Day 45. Day 1 Cabot Trail. Meeting Andre!”

Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Final home of Alexander Graham Bell (more on that to come) 9/30/23. 68* and sunshine, wind 4mph🥰 It looks as though the weather gods are shining upon us for our final week… Week 7… of our Canadian ride! We couldn’t be more excited and delighted about the weather. God knowsContinue reading “Day 44. Last layover…major reveal released!”

Mabou to Baddeck, Nova Scotia 9/29/23. 40 miles. AIS: 3:25. 11.6 mph. Elev. 1358 ft. We made it to Baddeck (BAH-deck) pretty quickly today. It was about 2pm and we even had our church step picnic lunch in Wagmatcook. We needed to stop in Wagmatcook to make certain the Maritime Bus stops here and hasContinue reading “Day 43.. Hit the road today… travel day”

Port Hastings to Mabou, Nova Scotia 9/28/23 40 mi. AIS: 4:13. 9.5 mph Elev. 705 ft. Today was the kind of day you’re hoping to have when you plan these bike rides. Scenic, interesting, favorable temps and it’s fall, so it’s quieter. Of course you’d like them all to be like today, but realizing it’sContinue reading “Day 42. Today was a most beautiful day! 🙌”

Antigonish to Port Hastings (Cape Breton), Nova Scotia 9/27/23. 40 mi. AIS: 3:50. 10.4 mph. Elev. 1801 ft. We had another pretty simple easy day. We didn’t have to travel far to our next stop for the day. The weather forecast said sunny but we saw very little of that today. It peaked out forContinue reading “Day 41. A day on a bike”

Merigomish to Antigonish, Nova Scotia 9/26/23. 36 miles. AIS: 3:24. 10.8mph. Elev. 1093 ft. Because we had a short ride today we didn’t have to start early. We took our time getting out of camp and it was close to 10am when we left camp. The night in our A Frame was just great…comfortable andContinue reading “Day 40. Seashore ride…”

Pictou to Merigomish, Nova Scotia 9/25/23. 40 miles. AIS:3:57 10.3 mph. Elev. 1772 Trip Weekly recap: Distances: 1193 mi total 255 miles. Week 5. (6 days). Elev. 11,115! 173 miles Week 4. (5 days – 3 riding, 1 layover, 1 transportation) 218 miles week 3. (5 days) 291 miles week 2. (7 days) 222 milesContinue reading “Day 39. And the wind blowwwwws….”

9/24/23. The basic layover day…relaxing sleeping in a nice hotel. Leisurely breakfast, lube bikes and adding new brake pads to Jim’s bike. Securing lodging and camping for the next week of riding. We have about 2 weeks left of this amazing bicycle adventure in eastern Canada! We took a stroll around this little historic harborContinue reading “Day 38. Layover Pictou NS”

Truro to Pictou, Nova Scotia 9/23/23. 41 mi. AIS: 3:35. 11.5mph. Elev. 1627 ft. To quote my sister Margie “ You have to know miserable, before you can experience joy”. Boy, howdy… I had a pretty low low this week which was made up for today in multiple ways! If you’ve been following you knowContinue reading “Day 37. Joy!”

Shubenacadie to Truro, Nova Scotia 9/22/23. 30 mi. AIS: 3:06. 9.7mph. Elev 1211 ft. We were not rushed to leave camp this morning since it was going to be a short day to Truro. Thank you Lord (I say)! The sun was shining today send the wind had calmed immensely. We were not expecting itContinue reading “Day 36. Mud sliding for the win!”