Great endings are really just beginnings.....

Today was our final ride together....for this trip! We started with a great breakfast at Hometown Kitchen Restaurant where we had a great dinner the night before! Highly recommend it and the Oceanview Motel and Chalets if you want a place to stay on the Trail!

 

It was a beautiful morning for a day that was forecasted as rain...as I said to a lady who inquired about what it was like to ride in the rain, it is really not all that bad. However if you waited for the perfect day or perfect week, you would never go anywhere and there still is no guarantee it won't rain. Our philosophy has always been it is hard to rain on a moving target and so far we have had way more sunny days than rainy ones. This week was certainly the case.

We headed out on the Cabot Trail for the Cape Breton Highlands. If you haven't done this route or were a wee one when your parents took you through, it is nothing like you would imagine or remember. And if you rode it three years ago, it is still not what you remembered...probably because you are so focused on either the scenery or just keeping your rubber on the road lol!

 

The boys had a blast, as did I! They, however, had a little more thrills than I as we road through some of the hairpin turns. Funny how some guys get so excited when you wave them bye bye! As you can see by the pics the boys rode "the wall" a little more than I. The wall being to the side wall which is usually an indication of how much lean you use in a turn...oh my..as you can see I haven't "cleaned" my tire all the way to the "wall"!

Larry's tire

Jerry's tire

It was a great ride up and down the highlands full of stories, memories, lessons in riding and friendship, some spoken and some just accepted.

One thing for sure is that Jerry won't be taking the Trans Canada after getting off the ferry on his next visit...he wil be taking the "high" way!

 

 

 

 

A stop to wait at the Englishtown Ferry gave Larry enough time to check out one of HIS favorite pastimes on this trip...

After crossing we came to the end of our ride together. As we part ways we know that this has been a trip of firsts...it is by no means the last! It is the end of a really great week and an incredible and memorable ride, but is just the beginning of things to come!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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