July 23 - 25 - Newfoundland - The Rock = The End!

We spent three glorious days in Newfoundland.  Two days were sunny and one was kind of cold and grey but we were travelling that day.  One of the locals said to us, "all the way from Ontario and you didn't bring your winter clothes!!"  I told him that my dad was born in Newfoundland and I should have known better.  LOL!!  We really wanted to spend some time in Gros Morne National Park and man, that was really worth the time there.  Walter wants to move to Shoel Brooke and live the rest of his life in total peace and quiet.  Time is really, really laid back here.  The people are fantastic and eveyone is "my love".  Even Gabriele could not believe that people would just come over, sit down where we were sitting and just start up a conversation.  We are very proud of ourselves going the whole distance and it has been an amazing experience with so much fun and laughter.  Fantastic way to celebrate 25 years with "my love"!!

Walter is going to create an album (with about 500 shots that we took) and we will post the link to that in our next posting.

The End!

West coast of Newfoundland

One of countless rivers



Beautiful mountains on the west coast.                  

WW

Table lands in Gros Morne National Park.

Trout River in Gros Morne.

One of many lighthouses.

The sign says it all again.

Shoel Brooke in Gros Morne.

Having fun with the  camera timer!!

Shores of Woody Point - that one is for you Heather.

Red Mantle Lodge where we spent an evening - beautiful.

Moi

The view from our room at the Lodge.

Funky coloured houses in St. John's, Newfoundland

Gabriele and Watler at Signal HIll.

St. John's harbour.

View from Signal Hill.

Pardon????

Big shout out to my dad - born in Marystown.

Wonderful scenery.

The end - we made it right to the east coast of Newfoundland.

July 22, The Cabot Trail

Okay, all the talk and constant joking about moose and the only moose we see are the ones on the signs warning us about the moose!!  Well all that changed in Cape Breton.  We were climbing and climbing and climbing the Cabot Trail through fog and when we got to the top, the fog cleared.  As I was looking through some trees, I saw two moose in a clearing eating.  I could not believe my luck and while I was trying to convince Walter to turn around to have a look, we both saw another one!!  Unvbelievable - 3 moose at once - so cool.   The Cabot Trail is absolutely stunning.  Really, unless you have seen it for yourself you cannot begin to comprehend how amazing it is because I cannot begin to do any justice for it with any sort of explaination.  Suffice to say, everyone should see the Cabot Trail - we would like to come back and drive it in the opposite direction.  A couple of times I looked over my shoulder to see what people were looking at and it was just as breath taking.  And I would like to see it in the winter.  Then we headed for the ferry to go from North Sydney to The Rock!!  I will post lots of photos of Newfoundland once we reach the end in another day or so.

The Cabot Trail in partial fog.

Cabot Trail, Cape Breton

Walter in the fog on Cabot Trail

Absolutely spectacular

The sun decided to come out - fantastic!

The bikes on the Ferry to Newfoundland all safe and secure.

Maritime Atlantic Ferry from North Sydney.

Me by the sign.

Cabot Trail - breath taking!!

Cabot Trail, Cape Breton, NS

Walter and I at Green Cove along the Cabot Trail.

Green Cove, Cabot Trail

Love this shot of sweetheart along the Cabot Trail

Green Cove, Cabot Trail

Absolutely love the visuals on the sign!

Harleys on the Cabot Trail.

Spectacular scenery along the Cabot Trail



July 21 - Amherst to The Cabot Trail, N.S.

This morning started out with some fog - or as the waitress called it - "Maritime Sunshine"!!  It remained cloudy for most of the day which was too bad but at least it was not pouring rain because that can be a huge drag on a bike.  We managed to make it about 25K into the Cabot Trail and will continue the journey around the trail tomorrow.  I am looking forward to the spectacular views then!!

Cape Breton - on the way to the Cabot Trail

Almost there!

Fabulous scenery on the way.

Gabriele and Regent bringing up the rear.

Cabot Trail begins......

Pretty lime green house.

The police in the harbour in Cheticamp.

Walter getting ready to consume the best lobster he has ever tasted.



July 20 - Moncton to PEI to Amherst, N.S.

We left Moncton NB today and headed off to PEI.  The Confederation bridge was spectacular, it took 15 minutes to cross it at 80 km an hour.  PEI is beautiful and the ground is really as red as you have seen in pictures.  It would have been easy to spend days exploring the island but the Cabot Trail is calling to us.  Today we covered three provinces; started in NB went to PEI and ended in Nova Scotia.  We travelled to Charlottetown and walked around a little before we headed to Cavendish, the home of L.M. Montgomery of Anne of Green Gables fame.  When we got there Noreen and Gabriele went into the park, the boys did not – not their thing!!  We then went to Cavendish Beach and Walter and I swam in the 16C water.  It felt fantastic and we could have spent days there floating in the ocean. We had an awesome day and we are really looking forward to getting to the Cabot trail tomorrow.  More to come tomorrow.

Getting ready to cross the Confederation Bridge.

Confederation building in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Gabriele and Noreen in front of Anne of Green Gables house.

Cavendish Beach in P.E.I.  Swimming was awesome - water was 16C.

Cavendish, P.E.I. - beautiful red cliffs.

Cavendish Beach, P.E.I.

Gaby and I at the Green Gables National Park.

Getting ready to hit the road in Cavendish.



Confederation Bridge, P.E.I.

The horizon on the Confederation Bridge, P.E.I.

On the bridge heading off the island.