Aug '06 Nova Scotia trip (LONG)
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Aug '06 Nova Scotia trip (LONG)
Our trip started from Annapolis Maryland, we went north through Pennsylvania, New York State, Vermont, New Hampshire and on to Portland Maine to catch the Cat Ferry. I mention those states because we completely avoided interstate 95 until we got to New Hampshire just south of Maine and for good reason. We allowed two days and stayed in Brattleboro Vermont the first night, going across Vermont on Rt. 9 was beautiful. Day two was an easy trip up to Portland and the Ferry landing.
The ferry was scheduled to depart at 2 PM and they suggest you arrive early. Ends up the day we went the ferry couldn’t fuel up before it left Yarmouth N.S. that day and was delayed, it arrived about 3:30 PM and they had to back tanker trucks on to fuel up. We departed a little after four. It is uncommon for the Cat to run late we were told. The ferry runs across at about 37 knots or about 45 MPH. The ride was smooth and we arrived in Yarmouth 10:30 PM or there about, went through customs and then as we left we turned left on Rt.1 and headed for the Voyageur Motel. We had called ahead to tell them we would be late and the lady owner was waiting up for us. The motel was priced right and had paved parking for our bikes right outside the rooms. They also have a little breakfast area and a local restaurant next door.
On our first day we headed out on 1 on the Evangeline trail through the Annapolis valley. Road was a little bumpy, but not bad next to some we would encounter later in the trip. There are lots of small villages along the route; one of our stops was in Digby. A lot of the homes in the area had brightly colored outside furniture. There were coves along the way with piers for local fishing boats and what I would call boat shacks. One small town whose name I can’t recall had a sign nailed on a phone pole claiming to be the spot of the biggest tide change in the world; sign had to be all of two foot square made of plywood. We did notice that a lot of the small estuaries were bone dry. We continued on to the town of Digby and had a late lunch. Digby is a neat little waterfront town, it was also the only place I felt we got the look of “tourist” buy some of the local guys. Maybe it was just me.
That afternoon as we followed the trail up to the Minus Basin and then got onto the Glooscap trail. A lot of the Glooscap trail road needed repair. I remember that on a lot of these scenic trails you go from patched up roads to newly paved ones. Late that afternoon we started seeing the dark clouds of an approaching thunder storm. WE got off the trail road, put on rain gear, got onto 102 and after a few miles in the rain we spotted a Super 8 in Truro, the only franchise motel we stayed in. They were nice and let us park in front under the overhang entrance. We walked to a little family restaurant next door that served decent food and cold Bud Lite.
[size=3][font="times new roman"] Day two we headed out for Port Hastings on Rt. 104, not a scenic, but a faster and direct route. We rode in rain pretty much the whole way. Port Hastings is at a causeway over to 105 and the road to the Cabot Trail on Cape Brenton. We stopped in the visitor’s center, I pic
The ferry was scheduled to depart at 2 PM and they suggest you arrive early. Ends up the day we went the ferry couldn’t fuel up before it left Yarmouth N.S. that day and was delayed, it arrived about 3:30 PM and they had to back tanker trucks on to fuel up. We departed a little after four. It is uncommon for the Cat to run late we were told. The ferry runs across at about 37 knots or about 45 MPH. The ride was smooth and we arrived in Yarmouth 10:30 PM or there about, went through customs and then as we left we turned left on Rt.1 and headed for the Voyageur Motel. We had called ahead to tell them we would be late and the lady owner was waiting up for us. The motel was priced right and had paved parking for our bikes right outside the rooms. They also have a little breakfast area and a local restaurant next door.
On our first day we headed out on 1 on the Evangeline trail through the Annapolis valley. Road was a little bumpy, but not bad next to some we would encounter later in the trip. There are lots of small villages along the route; one of our stops was in Digby. A lot of the homes in the area had brightly colored outside furniture. There were coves along the way with piers for local fishing boats and what I would call boat shacks. One small town whose name I can’t recall had a sign nailed on a phone pole claiming to be the spot of the biggest tide change in the world; sign had to be all of two foot square made of plywood. We did notice that a lot of the small estuaries were bone dry. We continued on to the town of Digby and had a late lunch. Digby is a neat little waterfront town, it was also the only place I felt we got the look of “tourist” buy some of the local guys. Maybe it was just me.
That afternoon as we followed the trail up to the Minus Basin and then got onto the Glooscap trail. A lot of the Glooscap trail road needed repair. I remember that on a lot of these scenic trails you go from patched up roads to newly paved ones. Late that afternoon we started seeing the dark clouds of an approaching thunder storm. WE got off the trail road, put on rain gear, got onto 102 and after a few miles in the rain we spotted a Super 8 in Truro, the only franchise motel we stayed in. They were nice and let us park in front under the overhang entrance. We walked to a little family restaurant next door that served decent food and cold Bud Lite.
[size=3][font="times new roman"] Day two we headed out for Port Hastings on Rt. 104, not a scenic, but a faster and direct route. We rode in rain pretty much the whole way. Port Hastings is at a causeway over to 105 and the road to the Cabot Trail on Cape Brenton. We stopped in the visitor’s center, I pic
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RE: Aug '06 Nova Scotia trip (LONG)
Great information. Our group will be riding up from SC. We are thinking about going over the top on one leg of the trip. The info on hotels and fuel is very helpful.
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