8\/21 The ferry landed on time and we got on the highway for Lousibourg National Historic Site in beautiful weather — you wouldn’t think a hurricane was due in two days. After leaving Louisbourg we took the Fleur-de-Lis (that is the correct spelling) Trail off of Cape Breton Island. Once on the mainland we took highway to Halifax. Heading out of Halifax we ran into dense fog again getting to Graves Island Provincial Park.<\/p>\n
8\/22 I talked to the park ranger and they were evacuating the park at 1:00 that afternoon because of the hurricane.<\/p>\n
We left and backtracked to Peggy’s Cove which is a fun ride out 333. Peggy’s Cove is a very picturesque fishing village with a lighthouse, but it’s gone completely commercial. There is even a parking fee at the lighthouse, so I walked out there.<\/p>\n
The ride out to Mahone Harbor and Lunenburg is very pretty and I really liked Lunenburg.The Bluenose II uses Lunenburg as it’s home port and was in port while we were there. The Bluenose is the schooner on the Canadian dime.<\/p>\n
8\/23 We ended up staying there to sit out the hurricane the next day. It got very wind, it rained hard, and the power went out for a while, but it wasn’t that bad. I went out for a little in the afternoon and other than feeling sandblasted by the grit blowing, it wasn’t that bad. Most businesses closed when the power went out and it wasn’t easy to find a place to eat that night.<\/p>\n
8\/24 We left Lunenburg in rain and fog, but the wind had subsided. I had wanted to ride along the coast, but the heavy fog, lack of visibility, and my problems with my visor completely fogging made the ride no fun (for me) so we decided to head to the north side to camp at Valleyview Provincial Park near Bridgetown.<\/p>\n
Pictures of Louisbourg and south shore: When we got to Bridgetown and found the sign for the park the road had been torn up and no gravel this time — after hurricane Bill it was a mud slide. We took a side road and Jean-Francois checked a path to see where it went. He was able to get to pavement with a minimum of mud. He walked back and rode my motorcycle through the mud for me.<\/p>\n Valleyview was a nice park and no one was there. We went for a walk and found a fire tower — the view from the top was incredible and neither of us had brought our cameras. We decided to get up for sunrise pictures.<\/p>\n That night we made a fire and serious fog settled in the top of the mountain. I needed to go to the toilet and left with my headlamp — much to my embarrassment (and thank god we had a fire) I had to return to the fire and ask Jean-Francois to help me find the bathroom. The fog was so thick I couldn’t see a thing.<\/p>\n 8\/25 Up at sunrise for pictures – we weren’t too optimistic when we saw the conditions. The fire tower ended up being totally fogged in.<\/p>\n The ride that morning was in and out of fog through farmland along the Bay of Fundy. I don’t know what there was about it, but it was just a beautiful ride. We headed for Wolfville and a winery we wanted to see. That afternoon we wrapped around the bay and stayed at 5 Island Provincial Park. Great view, but a crowded park and a lot of mosquitoes.<\/p>\n 8\/26 We started the day with the Cape D’or lighthouse — stunning view of the cliffs around the Bay of Fundy. We stopped at a dock and took pictures of the bay when there was no water to be seen. The boats at the dock were sitting in the mud. It must be strange to be a fisherman and know your boat is only accessible part of the time.<\/p>\n We headed for the other side of the bay in New Brunswick and once again ran into incredible wind. What is it with New Brunswick? It’s by the far the worst wind I’ve been in on the motorcycle. Jean-Francois and I stopped at a visitor center and neither of us was sure the bikes would stay up in the wind. There were other motorcyclists at the visitor center escaping the wind. One of them had been told it was over 55 miles an hour.<\/p>\n We bailed on camping and stayed at a B&B that night in Sackville.<\/p>\n
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