PEI North & East; The Nova Scotia East Cost

When you pack for a motorcycle trip,  you need to be frugal with what you bring. I chose to pack a Hawaiian Shirt -which I wear a lot around town - every Friday. I skipped bringing my thermal underwear. While spending the entire morning this morning riding in 7° C - I came to the sad conclusion that I got that one wrong. What I thought was funny - this afternoon - when it warmed up to 13° C - I thought that was pretty nice - I guess it is all relative - yesterday - I thought 13° C was a little bit cold. Thank heavens for heated hand grips!


This morning was all about the north shore and the east end. Straight up Brackley Road for a look at Shaw's Beach on the Gulf Shore Parkway - and the dunes. Had to stick my boot in the water for a photo - and of course that was the moment a wave chose to break a bit high and gave me a damp boot for the rest of the day.Just what you need on a cold day. Grrr!

The dunes were fantastic.I am a bit chagrined to realize I did not take a photo of the dunes - just of the ocean. But- trust me very pretty. The entire coast was very nice - including Saint Peter's Bay

I went east all the way to the East Point Lighthouse - very pretty. Plus - pretty good coffee - and it was nice and warm in the cafe while I drank it and warmed up.

Then, back along the south coast to Wood Islands - to take the ferry across to Caribou.

Good ferry ride - all the route decisions today were good. But - they were about to go from good to great. Looking at the map - I had decided that the best way to Dartmouth was Hw 347 and Hw 7.  So that is what I did. Wow - what a great choice. Just a great bike road - lots of fantastic views, tons of curves, elevation changes, and the occasional road snake :-). Since I was riding by myself, I kept it down to a touring pace - but it would have been a lot of fun to pick it up the brisker pace that I used to ride at with two different groups (with some overlap) of friends. 

BTW - one of the things I wanted to do as part of #Canada150 - was to honour our history.What better way than to stop at a Cenotaph near Oyster Bay?

Just to top it off - after I check into the hotel - I walked over to Sam's Seafood and Grill - and had the most amazing fish and chips  - fresh haddock and fresh cut fries - wow - so good.

So - tomorrow - back up the coast and tour around on Cape Breton -might be even better than today - but any bikers out there following this blog - ya gotta put the 347 and 7 loop on your list.