Today was a riding day...almost 530 km! After leaving Moncton we stopped in Amherst for breakfast....highly recommend Breakfast at Brittany's! Food was awesome and plentiful. If you have a sweet tooth you will find baked sweets large enough for a giant...no kidding..! Macaroons are made with ice cream scoops and I can't even begin to tell you about the Nanaimo bars!
Anyway, we followed the road along the Sunshine Trail, through the beautiful communities of Pugwash and Tatamagouche, stopping only for gas. We were able to follow this until just below New Glasgow where we had to hop on the Trans Canada for only two exits, then we moved off the highway to explore the Antigonish Route we rode on a previous trip.
As we moved closer to the coast where we would hit the "twisties" I waved Jerry past me knowing he and Larry would have a blast navigating at a little higher speed than I was up for. By the time I reached Ballantynes Cove, the two of them had grins from ear to ear and were trading their own version of their experience through there....boys!
We headed out to Antigonish to catch the highway and cross the causeway to Cape Breton which only took another 40 minutes. There we hit the Ceilidh (pronounced Kay-lee) Trail which is Route 19 going counter-clockwise around the trail (Mary Ann breathes sigh of relief).
It was a beautiful ride through the communities and the road was excellent. It looked like they were building some new funky hotel rooms in Inverness. We rode past the Red Shoe Pub in Mabou which of course is owned by the Rankin sisters. On past the Glenora Distillery we hoped to catch the sunset at our final destination...Cheticamp!
We arrived in plenty of time, and after a relaxing drink in front of the chalet, we headed over to supper!
Seafood was on the menu for all of us tonight...had my first real go at Snow Crab...with some minor coaching from the crab pro Jerry PRIOR to eating....there was no stopping to discuss the fine art of eating crab once it was put in front of this fellow!
.....and as for the sunset? Well I will let the pics speak for themselves!
Good night Cheticamp!
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Ok...first of all...yes, *big sigh of relief* haha! Or maybe you would have preferred hanging over the edge! ;)
ReplyDeleteSecond of all....wow! You guys are having an amazing trip and your pics are beautiful! We do have some incredible places around here don't we! Enjoy the rest of your trip and take care!