Last week, I headed out for a quick ride around the Cabot Trail, using my buddy’s campsite in PEI as home-base. We’ll skip-over the to & from journeys. To my knowledge, there is no way to make 26 hours (round trip) of slab worth mentioning, unless ‘something’ happens. Nothing did, unless you consider 8 out of 13 hours in the rain (on the way out) to be interesting...
Once there however, there is much to see, eat, ride and just enjoy. In general, the entire area, including the bright red cliffs of PEI, is so beautiful that I’ll refrain from being verbose and let the pics do most of the talking.
So what does a tourist see in the area?
As you’d expect, fishing villages, fishing boats….
Funny, out here, lobster is usually ordered in fancier restaurants. Out there, it's served with fries & coleslaw.
Shit-hawks abound & flourish, of course
Beautiful countryside in general. Being an inlander, seeing the ocean with my own eyes is always a treat
In the late afternoon sun, pictures can’t do justice to the beauty of red cliffs, along the PEI coastline
And the roads….
Here, I pulled-over and tried striking-up a conversation with a local. As I was pulling-out my camera, he bolted so I snapped this in a panic before he vanished into the woods (hence the blurred image)
Shortly into the trail itself, I found myself riding back & forth on a particularly fun canyon-racer-style stretch of road with steep hills, hairpins, constant right-left switchbacks and dizzying drop-offs on the ocean side of the road.
I had so much fun in the endless curves & twisties that by the time the sun was going down, I had only made it ½ way around the trail. Poor me. So instead of heading back to PEI and my friends, I grabbed a hotel room, some refreshing adult beverages and crashed so I could repeat ride the trail again for a second day. Good call.
Here's my old girl, checking out the scenery while taking a well-deserved break
So the 2 days on the trail were all ride-ride-ride, stopping only stop for food, gas and to snap the odd pic.
All-told, I came home with just over 4400kms on the clock. After four good 1000+km days in the saddle, with no soreness or aches to report, I’m more in love with my old FJR than ever.
Next: my main riding buddy saw the pics & vids…. We’re heading back out in 2 Sundays, so we’ll have 2-3 days of weekday traffic on the trail!
Once there however, there is much to see, eat, ride and just enjoy. In general, the entire area, including the bright red cliffs of PEI, is so beautiful that I’ll refrain from being verbose and let the pics do most of the talking.
So what does a tourist see in the area?
As you’d expect, fishing villages, fishing boats….
Funny, out here, lobster is usually ordered in fancier restaurants. Out there, it's served with fries & coleslaw.
Shit-hawks abound & flourish, of course
Beautiful countryside in general. Being an inlander, seeing the ocean with my own eyes is always a treat
In the late afternoon sun, pictures can’t do justice to the beauty of red cliffs, along the PEI coastline
And the roads….
Here, I pulled-over and tried striking-up a conversation with a local. As I was pulling-out my camera, he bolted so I snapped this in a panic before he vanished into the woods (hence the blurred image)
Shortly into the trail itself, I found myself riding back & forth on a particularly fun canyon-racer-style stretch of road with steep hills, hairpins, constant right-left switchbacks and dizzying drop-offs on the ocean side of the road.
I had so much fun in the endless curves & twisties that by the time the sun was going down, I had only made it ½ way around the trail. Poor me. So instead of heading back to PEI and my friends, I grabbed a hotel room, some refreshing adult beverages and crashed so I could repeat ride the trail again for a second day. Good call.
Here's my old girl, checking out the scenery while taking a well-deserved break
So the 2 days on the trail were all ride-ride-ride, stopping only stop for food, gas and to snap the odd pic.
All-told, I came home with just over 4400kms on the clock. After four good 1000+km days in the saddle, with no soreness or aches to report, I’m more in love with my old FJR than ever.
Next: my main riding buddy saw the pics & vids…. We’re heading back out in 2 Sundays, so we’ll have 2-3 days of weekday traffic on the trail!
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