Week 2 - The Feeling of having "arrived" . . .
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I continued riding and arrived at Peggy’s Cove. The lighthouse was a spectacle that you could see from a distance. It became more impressive as I got closer. The coastline was rugged and the cove & lighthouse was representative of Nova Scotia so far. It’s the picture that makes a postcard. It was authentic and beautiful. The wind and waves crashing on the rocks added to the excitement of being there. People were climbing across the large plateau of barrier rocks around the lighthouse to get closer to the sea. Warning signs were posted, but that didn’t deter anyone. The sea was relatively calm, and the footing was easy. Another feeling of having “arrived” washed over me. It’s more than a sense of accomplishment. It’s a feeling of being where you’re supposed to be at a given point in time.
Day 8 – Lunenburg Free Day
Day 9 - Lunenburg to Halifax along the Lighthouse Route, Route 3, stopping for lunch in Peggy's Cove Village and Lighthouse
Jeanette arrives this evening to join the journeyDay 10 – Halifax
Day 11 - Halifax to Cape Breton Island via the eastern Maritime Route for the night in Baddeck where the Cabot Trail begins.
Day 12 - Baddeck, Nova Scotia to Cheticamp, NS on the Cabot Trail via Ingonish Beach, Neil's Harbour, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, a diversion to St. Margaret Village near Capstick and Aspy Bay to the tip of Cape Breton Island and Cabot Strait on the Gulf of St. Lawrence the most northerly point of Nova Scotia
Day 13 - Cheticamp, NS Cape Breton to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island via the Cabot Trail south to the Ceilidh Route. Passing through towns on the Irish-Scottish trail, through Inverness and others. Leaving Cape Breton Island to the Ferry crossing at Caribou, NS to Wood Islands, PEI and then to Charlottetown for 3 evenings
Day 14 – Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
