Monday September 21, 2015

A really good nights sleep under warm blankets, which appeared to be all on my side of the bed this morning. I was so toasty warm I didn’t want to get out of bed. I forced myself to get into the shower and get moving. We were on the road by 8:30.

The sun was out, but it was a very chilly morning. I wore my socks, leggings and wind-breaker. I was going to write Ralf only wore his wind-breaker but I know a few of you out there would take that the wrong way, Ralf wore his normal cycling gear and the wind-breaker, no extra leggings or socks.

Inquiring minds need to know.

Why do Ospreys build their nests on hydro wires?

Why is there an Emu Ranch in New Brunswick?

We are heading down to the Bay of Fundy, an area of the world’s highest tides. New Brunswick is quite hilly, the roads are quite good with decent shoulders. We made good time to Sussex and both of us were feeling good, I think we could have carried on a bit further but we decided to have a relatively short day today and a longer one tomorrow.

Sussex is a very pretty town, with all the amenities you need including three grocery stores, nice boutique shops and I think a theatre group. Maybe this is why this sculpture is here – “A sense of Place” created by Hew Chee Fong of Australia.

There were numerous murals in the Town which were on a variety of buildings in the downtown area.

We have a warmshowers tomorrow night near the Hopewell Rocks and we were hoping for one tonight, but she is not available tonight, it was short notice for her, I only emailed last night.

We opted again for a motel, we really should be camping but the night time temperatures are dipping below 10 degrees and that is our cut-off point for camping.

Ralf went back into the Town to take some photos of the murals and I spent the remainder of the afternoon trying to find a route to Hopewell Rocks and then on wards to Prince Edward Island (PEI) and of course sending emails to warmshowers hosts.

Ralf spotted the “Big Bike”. The Big Bike is usually ridden for about one kilometre around a Town and money is raised for a charity. Beate (Ralf’s sister) rode one last year and she said it was really hard to get going and keep it moving.

We will be in PEI in a matter of days and then by the end of the month in Halifax – we are rapidly coming to the end of the road.

Will the Grand Adventure stop in Halifax or will we carry on? – that is the million dollar question.

If we decide to go home from Halifax it will not be the end of the Grand Adventure, only the end of Part One, we still have so many other countries to visit. We have to cycle in Asia as we missed going there from Australia. We have to cycle in Italy and the rest of Europe. We have also thought about cycling in Korea and Japan as we have met people who have cycled there and said it is awesome. Of course there is always South America to add to the list.