August 14; 130km; 578M vertical

Sussex to Cap Pele
We had an early start from Sussex and headed to Moncton on the divided highway 1. With a wind assist and the draft from the cars and trucks beside us, we averaged 26kph to Moncton. By 12:30 we had done 75km and stopped off for lunch at Tim Horton‘s. We rode to Shediac and stopped at the information bureau and booked a motel room in Cap Pele. It was at Shediac that we got our first glimpse of the Atlantic and just seeing the ocean lifted my spirits. We are finally on the east coast. With the room assured for the night we loafed along highway 133. Our first stop was 600m down the road, where we bought a fresh lobster each, and sat down at a picnic bench to eat our first lobster of the season. We then moved on to Baracois and visited the church which was built in 1931. We then found our hotel room, but before we could get settled in we had a call from my wife who set up a rendezvous with Roy. Roy is a English ex-pat, living in Germany , who has been touring North America on his motorcycle (BMW K1200). He has been chasing us from Montreal and caught up with us in Cap Pele. He booked into the same Motel and we spent the evening celebrating our reunion.