A full day: Morning
It is another great day on the island. Clear skies, a slight breeze, and warming temperatures. We leave our hotel around 9 am, needing to have an early start today. Yesterday we needed to pedal only 29 miles; with side trips that increased to 36. Today we take mileage up to 49. Turning onto the […]
I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream
We all have weaknesses, but one of the most elemental is ice cream. particularly in the summer. As we were checking out of our hotel on Sunday, one of the employees was giving Ted the low down on where we should go for ice cream. And Kenny’s was on the top of the list. It […]
A full day: Afternoon
After a filling lunch (Ted had oyster tacos, I a non-seafood burger) we headed off. We had probably biked 25 miles so the rest of the day should not be too difficult. While I was tempted to have a beer for lunch as did Ted, but my poor tolerance for alcohol prevented such an indulgence […]
A gorgeous weed: Lupines
As we closed in on PEI the other day, we started to notice increasing amounts of lupines as a roadside weed. Appearing with more regularity, these spiky blooms of pink, white, blue and purple flowers form little oases of color against their green backdrop. And once we get to PEI, their frequency and popularity explodes. […]
From the Cape
After a seemingly endless ride from Charlottetown, our driver Dan dropped Ted and me off at North Cape at the far north-west end of Prince Edwards Island. The day is clear without a cloud in the sky. At the Cape, there is a wind power research facility as well as well over a dozen huge […]
This is better than working. . .
. . .said Ted as we took a mid-afternoon break from biking. We detoured from our main route of the day to the working town of Northport, a far cry from the Northport on Long Island that I used to live near. Ted is known for his laconic wit and the irony of his comment […]
We have arrived
After driving 800 miles over two days, we have arrived at our destination of Prince Edward Island. As we approached the Confederation Bridge taking us from the mainland to the island we could tell we were entering a different realm. A thick forest covering rolling hills had given way to a flat, more maritime topography, […]
Moose alert
In bucolic New England, most of the road signs warning us of wildlife are for deer. These yellow, diamond-shaped warnings litter the streets with ones in more rural settings riddled with rifle and shotgun holes. But starting to travel across New Brunswick towards Charlottetown, PEI, the real concern is moose. Black silhouetted moose profiles decorate […]
Driving through the trees
As we approach the Canadian border, we are on a particularly lonely section of I-95. Few cars are traveling now, letting Ted set the cruise control to 75 mph and relax behind the wheel with The Beach Boys piping in though satellite radio. The moose crossing warnings frequently encountered south of Bangor are no more […]
Boats, bikes and cars
As Ted and I make our way to Prince Edward Island, we have tried to make our journey as simple as possible. After ruling out a flight that would take 14 hours at a minimum, we decided to drive my car. And because Ted lives on Long Island near the Pt. Jefferson—Bridgeport Ferry, I thought […]