Hello everyone….well this turned out to be a much longer/harder day than I thought or what it looks like on paper….but it’s done. I did manage to squeeze in a few extra hills - training I guess!!!! 😂😂😵💫
I woke up early this morning to the sound of waves….yeah the tide must be up. Last night when I arrived in the campground, it was low tide….and my neighbours said I could walk out 100+ meters, and the water would remain at my knees, and that it was warm. Due to my late arrival, it was dark by the time I was set up. The sun sets at 9pm and it’s dark within 15 minutes. So this morning when I heard the waves, I realized the water was up. It was receding….but I did manage to walk in the water for a while and get some nice pictures. We had a thunderstorm last night…so this morning my fly was soaked, and once again I put it away wet.
I got away late and stopped for a good sit down breakfast. I figured since I only had 100km to do today, that I had lots of time. Well…I wasn’t counting on all the hills. I knew there were some hills, and that I should get onto the Confederation train which is an old rail trail, so it should be flat. But the hills to get to the trail were significant. Tall, steep and with no shoulders and lots of fast moving traffic. I did my best to stay close to the white line, but several times I ended up on the sandy shoulder, and it was too steep to get back onto the bike, so four times I ended up pushing my bike part way up the hills. Thankfully it was cooler today than the past few days….so I was able to stay comfortable.
I kept stopping to check my map…trying to get onto the trail. I thought there might be a sign on the road, but nope. My map also showed a parking lot, but that wasn’t apparent either, so I missed the turn by about 1 km….or two big hills! Turned around and found the trail…..nice and flat. This was the only way I was going to make any distance today, but unfortunately there weren’t any views. I love looking at the houses….and I saw a lot on the first 25 km, but after that it was trees and gravel road.
I had planned to visiting Charlottetown….and was planning to eat here, but when I got off the trail, I realized that I wasn’t going to have any time to see the town if I wanted to make the campground before dark. So turned around and got back onto the trail.
I was realizing that if I was going to get any food, I was going to get off the trail and go into a town. I tried that with google, but no food….back onto the trail. About another 10 km….there was a sign for a country market. Ok….off I went again. I picked up some milk, cheese, buns and cookies. I headed to picnic tables outside, at the far end of the parking lot….that's when I saw the food truck! So another burger and fries. Filling. Back to the trail….and about another hour later I drank the milk and ate the cookies. Now I was full 😀😀😀
I finally made it to the campground by 8pm. I showered, changed and set up camp before 9.
The plan tomorrow is to cycle to Souris…35km and take the ferry north to the îles de la Madeleine. These are owned by Québec. I’m quite excited to go there.
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