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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”

8/9/23. Week 3. 218 miles (5days) A short walk to get some supplies in town today. It is a paper mill town. One here in Edmunston and a big one across the St John River in Madawaska Maine. It is not our plan to do much exploring in Edmunston today. We have some chores toContinue reading “Day 23. Layover in Edmunston, New Brunswick”

Temiscouata sur de La Lac, QC to Edmundston, NB 9/8/23. 39 mi. AIS: 4:13. 9.3 mph. Elev 652 ft. We didn’t feel the need to rush this morning. Waited for the boulangerie to open for a bite to eat. Had them make a sandwich “to go” for our lunch today. Just a light rain asContinue reading “Day 22. After 24 days…New Brunswick! Maritime Provinces”

Riviere du Loup to Temiscouata-sur-Le-lac, Quebec 9/7/23: 47 mi. AIS: 4:30. 10.5 mph. Elev. 2027 ft. (* mileage was not on the bike) The sun is up early… we are close to the start of eastern time zone, so we are up at 6am. It is a beautiful sunny morning, nice temp. Off on theContinue reading “Day 21. An escort and a fast forward”

Riviere Ouille to Riviere du Loup 9/5/23. 46 mi. AIS: 4:38. 9.9mph. Elev 1016 ft. Last night was very peaceful and quiet..all night… happy in my tent, warm and comfortable. No drama!! We woke up to a very foggy morning. We started off in the fog along the River coastline. I say coastline because itContinue reading “Day 20. A foggy start”