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Just stopped for lunch in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. We made pretty good time across New Brunswick, including a day of 181Km that landed us in Fredericton 3 nights ago.
I feel sorry for the cleaning staff of the motel that we stayed at in Fredericton. We'd been rained on while camping the night before and were out of clean clothes anyway, worked hard all day and then we were put into a room that had a sealed window, a non-working bathroom fan and no direct access to the exterior. The motel clerk wouldn't let us use the laundry facilities either. The result was a room that quickly developed 100% humidity and a foul stench of sweaty bodies and old, stale, fermenting clothing. I knew it smelled bad in there but didn't realize how bad it was until I started packing the bike the next day. Leaving the room was so nice but re-entering was like walking into a wall. The odor had a physical presence.
I recommend burning.
The trip continues well. There have been a few things to hold us back like camping in the rain a couple of nights and one 24 hour period in which Doug and I combined for nine flat tires. Of course a flat is a good excuse for taking a rest, having a snack and a drink.
On the 'pleasant surprise' side we just bumped into a fellow on the highway that we had been sitting beside at a sidewalk cafe in Portage-du-Fort, Quebec, the day we left Ontario. He had come to Nova Scotia for a holiday and recognized us as he drove passed. He stopped his truck, got out, introduced himself, shook our hands, said "good luck," and drove off.
We've bumped into another couple of cyclists who are riding from Quebec City to St. John's, Newfoundland. They camped next to us one night in Woodstock, NB but were up and on the road before we were and we haven't seen them since. I think we probably passed them somewhere along the way since they seemed impressed with the mileage that we had been making each day and we've had a couple of good days since.
Uh Oh. This is a public access computer and the line-up is forming. Gotta go.
Love to everybody. Give each other a hug.
Brent
Just stopped for lunch in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. We made pretty good time across New Brunswick, including a day of 181Km that landed us in Fredericton 3 nights ago.
I feel sorry for the cleaning staff of the motel that we stayed at in Fredericton. We'd been rained on while camping the night before and were out of clean clothes anyway, worked hard all day and then we were put into a room that had a sealed window, a non-working bathroom fan and no direct access to the exterior. The motel clerk wouldn't let us use the laundry facilities either. The result was a room that quickly developed 100% humidity and a foul stench of sweaty bodies and old, stale, fermenting clothing. I knew it smelled bad in there but didn't realize how bad it was until I started packing the bike the next day. Leaving the room was so nice but re-entering was like walking into a wall. The odor had a physical presence.
I recommend burning.
The trip continues well. There have been a few things to hold us back like camping in the rain a couple of nights and one 24 hour period in which Doug and I combined for nine flat tires. Of course a flat is a good excuse for taking a rest, having a snack and a drink.
On the 'pleasant surprise' side we just bumped into a fellow on the highway that we had been sitting beside at a sidewalk cafe in Portage-du-Fort, Quebec, the day we left Ontario. He had come to Nova Scotia for a holiday and recognized us as he drove passed. He stopped his truck, got out, introduced himself, shook our hands, said "good luck," and drove off.
We've bumped into another couple of cyclists who are riding from Quebec City to St. John's, Newfoundland. They camped next to us one night in Woodstock, NB but were up and on the road before we were and we haven't seen them since. I think we probably passed them somewhere along the way since they seemed impressed with the mileage that we had been making each day and we've had a couple of good days since.
Uh Oh. This is a public access computer and the line-up is forming. Gotta go.
Love to everybody. Give each other a hug.
Brent
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