Another great day….and a new province….#9 Nova Scotia!!!! Only a few days till I meet up with my SIL and we head together to Newfoundland.
Today was a fun lazy day….almost like a day off as I only cycled 62 easy km. Well a few hills in there, but they hardly count!
I slept in this morning….cozy in my bed at the hostel. It was so quiet. Eventually I got up and packed up the bike….easy when I don’t have any camping stuff to pack up. I noticed that the lady at the hostel had a big plastic jar with a lid that she took outside. She was collecting the mosquitos from her room and letting them go outside. Sort of like a catch and release!!!! Of mosquitoes. 😵💫😳. I watched her do this four times….but each time she opened up to door to bring one outside….another one would sneak in! 😂😂😂. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that it’s more effective to just kill them on the spot. I’ve been plagued by mosquitoes this entire trip….but to each her own!!!
Eventually I made it into town for coffee and breakfast. When I came out there was a man on his bike waiting by my bike. We started to chat and he wanted to hear all about my trip. Then he asked if he could cycle with me for a bit. His vehicle was in the shop for a few more hours, so he had some time to kill. Great….company for a while. 😀
He told me that he had retired a few years earlier, and that it took him two years to get used to retirement. WHAT???‽!!! I was thinking that after this trip I would be eased in…..well I didn’t really think that, but thought I would be well on my way. Not!!!! He did say that something worthwhile to do in retirement is to mentor someone…..pass on my knowledge and skill….help someone else. A powerful message….and I will have to keep my eyes open for an opportunity.
Well….after an hour he got a call that his vehicle would be ready soon, so after a goodbye, we were off on our separate ways. I made a detour to get onto a quieter road….then I got into the trail system…so great.
Throughout my cycling on PEI, I saw road signs with a horse and buggy. My friend told me that they have a large number of Amish that have come to farm the land, and also a large number of Mennonite people as well. The past two generations have not been interested in continuing on the farming….so it’s great that someone has come to do it. He did say that the current young generation is getting interested in farming.
I made it to the ferry with lots of time….its a 75 min ferry from PEI to NS….with many ferries throughout the day. A quick stop at the grocery store once I was in Pictou… then it was only a 5 km cycle to the campground. Just over 300km to Sydney and the ferry to NL and 4 days to do it. 😀😀😀
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The story about the mosquito lady reminds me of Pasang our guide on the trip in Nepal that gently herded a fly out the window of the lodge we were staying in instead of whacking it. You are a true road warrior and sounds like you could probably just keep pedalling until your two years of resettlement time into retirement is up. Welcome to Nova Scotia. Hope you get to see the bay of Fundy. Has been on my bucket list most of my life.
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