Day 20: Canada Day
First, some decoration is in order:
Leaving North Sydney the weather was hard to read, and the forecast was of no particular help. At this point, I'm on one hand so used to rain that I don the overalls in the morning almost automatically, on the other hand, it is a national holiday and I deserve a break... The optimist prevails. A few drops of rain and then the cold wind on the causeway almost make me regret it; but then as I turn north from Trans-Canada at New Glasgow to follow NB6 along the coast, it is sunny and warm!
As evidenced in Pugwash:
In Tatamagouche, I stop for coffee. Across the street from the coffee shop, there is a beemer with a notice on the wind-shield:
2007 K1200 in mint condition, with panniers and top case, for $5K (Canadian!).
And the plates are Alberta - 5000 kilometers west!
There must be an interesting story hiding here: perhaps a happy one (fund girl, decided to settle in Maritimes...) or a sad one (broke leg, can't continue...). We'll never know...
And finally: two beauties, competing for attention: one just out of beauty parlour, while my Cinderella is dirty and neglected after 10 thousand kilometers on the road...:
(but we know who got the pompous price
PS. I don't want to add to the not uncommon confusion on how to secure a bike on a ferry. We should perhaps have a sticky thread on that topic. So in whatever time I have when writing these posts I want to say only this:
1) I've seen otherwise experienced motorcyclists bring their bike on a ferry with a full tank of gas. When going on a ferry, there should be just enough gas in the tank to get to the nearest gas station when you disembark. And I have yet to see a ferry harbour with no gas station in the immediate vicinity.
2) Have a good look at how is the side-stand attached to the frame and draw your own conclusions...
Tomorrow? still haven't decided. (Toronto? seems unavoidable, but who needs to traverse 401... (been there, done that
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