Saturday, August 16, 2008

August 15; 104km; 461M vertical

Cap Pele to Abram Village, PEI
We only drank a 12 pack so we were none the worse for our little reunion and were able to make an early start to the day (early for us that is). We left Roy to continue his tour south aiming to be in New York in 10 days time to get his motorbike shipped back to Germany and then fly out the next day. We headed off east along the coast road for the Confederation Bridge and the shuttle bus to get over to PEI. It was a nice sunny day so we were able to enjoy the views and the time around the tourist centres at both ends of the bridge. After the lunch break on the PEI side we set off heading west via Summerside to Abram Village to meet and stay overnight with Aurella and Jean Arsenault. We had a very relaxed evening with them and were treated splendidly, being fed on lobsters and salads (we managed 3 lobsters each) and then driven around their corner of the island to take in the sunset over the Northumberland Strait, the lighthouse and houses where they had grown up. It was a shame that we would have to leave after only one night.

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