Something I forgot to mention in yesterday’s Day 7 post. We left the New Amsterdam Inn and immediately had to watch out for deer in town as they were feeding in people’s lawns and walking across the streets without a care in the world.
We left Moncton, NB on another beautiful morning and all the locals have been telling us thus far that we really timed it right, as they said it had been torrential rain most of the summer. As I say… it’s better to be lucky than good!
Found our way to Trans Canadian Hwy 1 and we took a break as we entered Nova Scotia and headed to the Visitor Center. There was a guy playing the bag pipes as you saw in yesterday’s post.
After leaving the Visitor Center we got off of Hwy 1 and took more back roads. Nova Scotia turned out to be rolling countryside with farms. A few corn fields, but mostly as far as I can tell everything else is just hay fields. Some very rough roads once off the main hwy.
About 2 hrs later we ended up back on Hwy 1 and it had warmed considerably and we stopped for a break. There just happened to be a Dairy Queen connected to the gas station! It was supposed to be just a bathroom break… until I ordered an Oreo Blizzard and walked out with it. The guys all gasped that I would take the time to do that! Mike asked… I didn’t know it was that kind of break! I shrugged and said… It’s almost 1 pm.
They trooped in and ordered burgers. So I went back in and had one too. Then I went out and stretched out in the grass and absorbed the sun’s rays for a bit.
Gassed up, filled up so away we went until we got into North Sidney and located where the ferry was. We had 3 hrs to kill.
We went into “The Black Spoon” and the guys ordered food. I WAS STILL TO FULL FROM DQ to eat! Mike and Darryl got Seafood chowder and they said it was delicious. I wantedsomeso bad but no room in my tummy. It was in a big bowl with steamed Mussels making a big circle on the outer edge of the bowl. Can’t remember what Scott ordered.
After dinner the guys went to ride down the waterfront and I was lagging behind them. I spotted a Chiropractic and massage place. I circled around and went in. He examined me and then proceeded to adjust me… or tried but I was tight. He went and got some heat packs and I laid there enjoying that! Then he came back and he had oil on his hands and massaged my neck a bit then he went to work on me and I felt much better walking out and also the next day while writing this. Cost??? $70 and well worth it. I was there for a while and loading time wasn’t to far away. I went to the Tim Hortons and met the guys and we waited about 45 minutes. Then we went to load and went down lane 6 as instructed. Came upon two Harleys with nobody around. Two guys wearing Harley paraphernalia came walking up 10 minutes later. Keith and Grant. We chatted with them for a bit over an hour. It was dark but still T-shirt weather. Talked about bikes and then differences between the USA and Canada. They were born and raised in Newfoundland. They both were wishing Trump would buy Newfoundland. 😆 They said follow us and when on the ship they showed us where the straps were. We tied the bikes down and said our goodbyes.
Mike and I were in a small cabin with an even smaller head. (Bathroom on a ship) The bunks were just long enough and had a comfortable mattress. Only 1 plug in. I went and asked a ship’s officer and she went and got a power strip and told me where to return it. It was a lifesaver as we could now plug in both of our CPAP machines. Soon the ship came to life with the deep muted thumping of diesels and we pulled out of Port. We went to sleep as it was midnight and we had to be up and riding the bikes off by 7 am in Newfoundland. I woke up a couple of times and felt the small sway of the ship. Boy, haven’t felt that feeling since February of 88 when I last left my ship. It was strangely comforting and I rolled over and went right back to sleep. Seas were fairly calm.
PSA: I am having a hard time finding motels with decent quality WiFi so no videos will be up loaded until I am probably back in the states or over in St John’s Newfoundland.
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