Nova Scotia !

arreterlaspcaroule
Jan 29
3 min read

The day picks up where it left off… on the boat! In fact, it just didn't end. Following boarding yesterday around 11 p.m., the ferry left the port for a crossing of almost 9 hours. Indeed, we left at 11:45 p.m. Newfoundland time to arrive at 7 a.m. local time (8:30 a.m. Newfoundland time), did you follow? In short, during this time, apart from starting to recharge my things, watching my cell affected by a distressing slowness, well I slept. I had reserved a seat, it's like an Elran for one person. Add to that a small bench and I was able to sleep a good 5 or 5.5 hours. I took a wolf for my eyes, never found them! It's going to go into the loss column. :) Since I didn't bring a cushion, I used my down liner as a pillow and my Klim coat as a blanket. And believe me, we can sleep!

Oh yes, I met a guy who does the same thing as me… in R1!!!! I told him he had to have the wrists finished, and him to add the knees and ankles too! But seriously, respect, you really had to dare! I forgot to ask him what tires he had on.

After having breakfast on board, then disembarking, at around 7:45, I took the road for the famous Cabot Trail. But it seems that I was not yet fed up with ferries because my route, you should know that I avoid motorways a lot, contained a ferry! :)

The landscape of this small valley was superb on the finish side but as I had a lot of people behind, some of them in quite a hurry, I don't have a photo. This is a bit of what happens throughout the journey. Either I really have people behind, and in any case on a busy dual carriageway, I'm in a bit of trouble, or the places to park the motorbike are on a slope and the motorbike risks simply falling. So, I only have a few photos (see below as always), but above all, it leaves me with an overrated aftertaste. A bit like in “all this for that! ", let's say that someone has done a very good job of communication because apart from perhaps two "mountainous" style sections, yes it is a road which has bends just like that of the Manic 5 or the unpaved one just before Fermont. No more, no less! Besides, that of Fermont is more interesting. But hey I did it and I arrived around noon at my campsite. Which is quite early, we must admit. So I set up my tent under the blazing sun (over 37 degrees) then I went to explore the surroundings.

And I found a beach. The water is warm, so pleasant that I regretted not having a swimsuit. I put both feet in it for a good 5 minutes in the waves. Even though I rolled my pants down to my knees...well they were soaked. Result of the shopping, I went to get my bag with my water, my book and I read for more than two hours on the beach to the sound of the waves... which felt good!