Mile 1039

 We wake up to another gorgeous morning with blue sky and some cotton balls here and there.  After having a strong breakfast we have the bike filled up and find Hwy-2 again to bring us from Moncton, NB to Truro, NS, continuing onto the Canso Causeway where we depart onto Rt. 19 to find our way up to the Glenora distillery.  I have been looking forward to that visit since the beginning of the Covid pandemic which killed the original plans to come up here to collect some bottles of single malt whisky.  That's right, Glenora is Canada's only single malt whisky distillery.  After having my package wrapped in dimple foil and securely stowed onto he bike we continue a little bit North to join Rt. 30, the Southeastern  section of the famous Cabot Trail until we hit Hwy-105 aturning North again, passing through Baddeck, NS  moving on to North Sydney, NS not Australia.  We find a nice camp site and settle for the day.

Here we learn that the ferry service to Port-aux Basques, NL is since weeks fully booked and people are waiting for weeks to get a place on it.  I get handed a phone number from the owner of the camp site for calling the ferry line directly rather than doing an online booking and we are lucky to secure a berth for Thursday night.

Herewith ends another great day, good riding, nice scenery, ideal weather, nice people along the way, one can not ask for more.

                                    Crossing Canso Causeway

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Mural and brewery along the way on Rt. 19

 Along the way

Last minute change in equipment, our new lightweight tent from Reactive Outdoor

"I have traveled around the globe.  I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes, the Alps and the Highlands of Scotland, but for simple beauty, Cape Breton outrivals them all." - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer