We got up and went on the internet for a while. We didn’t get out of the campground until about noon. We drove back out to St-Denis and Kelly and Vanessa continued biking. Kelly wanted to stop at a restaurant down the road to get something to eat.
We found a cool restaurant (photo right) looking out to the St. Lawrence River so we had a snack there. It was only about 10 km into the ride. Luckily there was a fellow at the table next to us who was bilingual so he was able to help Kelly order his usual seven sunnyside-up eggs.
By the time we got out of the restaurant it was about 3 p.m. so this might’ve been our worst start to date. But not big deal, it was another nice day which made riding a little more enjoyable.
We turned east to New Brunswick (photo left) shortly before Riviére-du-Loop, and in doing so, kissed the St. Lawrence River goodbye. Once again the cyclists rode until it was dark and we ended up in a small town called Cabano, which was about 50 km from the New Brunswick border.Vanessa and I met a couple (Barry and Beth) from Truro, Nova Scotia who were very helpful in telling us about the Maritimes. They went out of their way to give us advice and tell us what we should try to see and do. They gave us a thick book for tourists in Nova Scotia. It had a phone number we could call to make ferry reservations. They had warned us it may be about $300 to get across with the van. That’s a lot more than we anticipated. I tried phoning the number before I went to bed* but they were closed.
*the term “bed” refers to “my air mattress that had a tiny hole in it likes to deflate throughout the night and give me a sore back”.
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