Category: Visited Places
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Culture Shock
Read more: Culture Shock71 km, 4.75 hours Our morning began with a wonderful breakfast at the Marrion Mansion B&B. Shortly after breakfast, Becky headed into downtown Portland to visit the visitor information centre and pick up some maps. Unfortunately, her visit was not nearly as successful as we had hoped. We had been taking for granted the visitor…
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Farewell to Nova Scotia …
Read more: Farewell to Nova Scotia …48km, 2h50m … your sea-bound coast, Let your mountains dark and dreary be. For when I am far away on the briny ocean tossed, Will you ever heave a sigh and a wish for me? This is the chorus of “Farewell to Nova Scotia”, which we have been singing all day. Scott misremembered the first…
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Apples
Read more: Apples67 km, 4.75h ride time. We awoke to a beautiful day, but didn’t seem to move very fast. Our departure was much later than we had hoped, fortunately, we did not need to get too far today. Prior to leaving, we headed out to do yoga on the boardwalk where we had dinner last night.…
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A short ride and a long ferry
Read more: A short ride and a long ferryWe got up early enough to have a relaxing breakfast and enjoy the company of several of the other guests at the B&B. Unfortunately, our departure from the B&B was a little delayed which put pressure on us to get to the ferry terminal on time. We had a quick stop to make at the…
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Out and About in Saint John
Read more: Out and About in Saint JohnOur hosts Jim and Carl were among the first same-sex couples legally married in New Brunswick, back in 2005. They are both quite active in the gay community in Saint John, and we had a long conversation with Jim after breakfast, hearing more about the Saint John community. We have a number of friends involved…
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Church and sleep
Read more: Church and sleepThis morning, we got up and had a lovely breakfast – fruit, exotic multi-layer French Toast and other yummy things. We are staying at the Mahogany Manor B&B and are really enjoying the luxury. The price is a fair bit more than our budget, but we felt the need to splurge for a day or…
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Shocking …
Read more: Shocking …93 km, 6.5 hours We actually managed to get off today at a reasonable time (for us anyways), slightly before 10am (even after a delicious breakfast and the requisite photos – this time by Morris and Elaine, the proprietors of the Step Aside B&B). Unfortunately, our early departure didn’t last long. After about 500 m…
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On the road again
Read more: On the road again68 km, 3.75 hours As we left Fredericton, it felt great to be back on the bikes. Scott commented that it almost felt like the bike was pulling him along, but that could have been due to the maintenance and cleaning we just completed. We had a beautiful, fast ride to Jemseg along highway 105,…