Travel Journal
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Souris, PE to Campbell’s Cove, PE
The wind forecast was the same or worse than yesterday, and with little overnight relief, even taking down the tent required a far more careful set of procedures than normal. Rett was dreading the day’s ride even before she woke. Her fear and frustration allowed her bike-starting difficulties to re-emerge somewhat, but after walking up Read more…
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Cap-aux-Meules, QC to Souris, PE
Our alarm was set for 5:20am, our earliest waking in forever. There is only one ferry per day returning Magdalen Islands tourists to Prince Edward Island, and it leaves at 8am. Crawling out of the tent, we saw the nearly-full moon setting over the water, and we rode the three miles to the ferry before Read more…
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Cap-aux-Meules, QC
Day 3 We woke up to another morning where the wind forecast was at odds with reality. Looking out to the water from our tent platform, I could see whitecaps on the water, which meant that although still lower-than-normal, the breeze was likely a bit higher than yesterday. We’d had some vague plans to ride Read more…
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Cap-aux-Meules, QC
Day 2 The whole reason we decided to come to the Magdalen Islands was because there was almost no wind in the forecast for this three day period. Well, that forecast held true last night, but by this morning we’d reached a deviation, with 10-15mph winds from the south. While this was a big disappointment Read more…
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St. Peter’s Bay, PE to Cap-aux-Meules, QC
A good sleep with a slightly-slower than normal morning, due to our totally-worth-it extra imbibing with our hosts last night. They came out to see us on our way, and I remain amazed at the open hearts and homes people hold out for these two strange strangers. Route 2 had a good combination of good Read more…
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Charlottetown, PE to St. Peters Bay, PE
Rett’s original plan for Prince Edward Island was to arrive near Labor Day (a holiday that exists on the same day in both Canada and the U.S.!), and then spend a couple weeks seeing the sights absent the majority of summer tourists. Luckily she learned ahead of time that the tourist season here ends not Read more…
