Crossings Tour - All about the crossings….

Today, we travelled over 200 km but only clocked about 160 kms on our bikes….and no we did not time travel……well at least not in the traditional meaning of time travel.

Breakfast at 8 a.m., and on the bikes and heading out before 10 a.m…….we made the short ride to the ferry to Deer Island.  The ferry was loaded including a huge dump truck with a dozer in the dump and a back hoe on the trailer he was pulling.

I was surprised that it cleared the deck.  The pilot advised us about staying on our bikes as they loaded and unloaded…now I know why.  Even sea legs came in handy!

We crossed from St. George to Deer Island and rode through to the next ferry landing that would take us to Campobello Island….summer home of Roosevelt and our next stop for lunch.  

  

Campobello Park is the only International Park in the world supported by two countries, Canada and the US.  They have maintained a legacy that has lasted many years and continues to this day.  We will come back to spend more time here….a weekend away to enjoy more of the local flavours and tours.  

We arrived at the ferry landing that would take us to the US crossing and low and behold, we have to get on the ferry from the beach…yup, no dock here!  As we waited for the ferry we were entertained by a minke whale who surfaced a few times and continued on their way…I assume he/she was looking for breakfast at this time of day.

The ferry ride was interesting not just from how you loaded on the ferry from the beach, but the pilot’s cabin actually pivoted around to steer the ferry from each direction…to do this they had to back out from the beach, cut the engine and set the ferry to drift, so to speak, as the whole piece on the side swung out and around to point in the other direction.  It was really cool!  

 

We made a quick stop in Jonesport, Maine for a bit of a break…..it was a beautiful ride thorough Route 187 and the stop was both restful and picturesque….at this point we were getting a bit weary despite some of our travel for the day being “chartered” and “chauffeured”.

We headed to our stop for the night in Milbridge, Maine.  The place we stayed had a beautiful flower and vegetable garden which was amazing.  A lot of great ideas for my own garden and as Larry pointed out I did have a little compost envy…..I am sure Larry is as thrilled as I am!  Supper at a local authentic Mexican restaurant and fortunately it was close enough to walk to and from.  Tomorrow we are looking at heading to the Acadian Park and Bar Harbour as we make our way north to Bangor!