August 13; 75km; 585M Vertical

St. John to Sussex
We made a visit to the bike store in St. John this morning and bought at new tire for my bike. This is the third front tire I have used on this trip. We took off the emergency tire and put on my new one before leaving. We left St. John at 11:15 and headed for Moncton. I quickly noticed the difference in the new tire - it is wider than my previous tire, since that was all we could find. However it quickly became apparent that we were both suffering from fatigue since every hill seemed to present a special challenge. The last 2 days were obviously taking their toll on us. Then we met our guardian angel from St. John for the second time. The same man who had stopped to check on us yesterday, stopped again today while we were taking a break on the divided highway 1. He suggested a different route that started 200m down the road. This man works for a tire service and is a keen bike rider so he knows his way around. We took his suggested route because it was shorter and had less traffic. As we were passing through Hampton, we met him again going the other way but again he gave us some good advice on the next road to take. Again we followed his suggestion. The next segment of road from Hampton to Sussex one of the best we have been on - gentle hills, very civilized traffic, lovely scenery and lots of photo ops as we followed the Kennebecasis River into Sussex. We had decided over lunch (at Tim Horton’s) to cut the day short since we felt we needed a night of rest and relaxation. We arrived in Sussex at 5 PM and after consulting with the local information bureau we booked in at the Bluebird Motel with plenty of time to do bike maintenance before supper.