Wednesday August 19th.
We had planned to hike today in our original itinerary, so we did. Heidi had picked out a hike called the Skyline Trail. I had picked out a hike called Salmon Ponds. We started the morning as usual, coffee and some quick bite. (as a note, our camping gear was working great). Packed up and headed out to beat the crowds. Found the parking area for the Skyline hike already half full, and took off on our hike. The hike was about 6 miles round trip, but the views were amazing. The last 1/2 mile ran along a ridge that had wonderful views of the coast along a boardwalk that stepped down the ride towards the sea. At one point I convinced a nice couple to take a picture of Heidi and I, the one and only for the trip...
After the hike we went over to the next trailhead, but by this time the heat and humidity was really bad, nearly 90 degrees and 90 plus humidity. Everyone was acting like it was literally Hell. We started the trail to Salmon Pools, it was very beautiful, but wore out after about a mile in, took a dip in the Cheticamp River, and headed back to our car. However I want to say that I never put on the AC in the car the whole trip, because it was not that bad, and I needed fresh sea air. Bet we were the only ones on the whole Island who did not.
We made camp on the Island Campground in Cheticamp. It was a big commercial campground, very nice and had a great spot. They put all the cyclist together, which was nice. Before going out for dinner, we rode our bikes out to the Cheticamp Lighthouse, about a 6 mile trip mostly on a dirt road. I was really starting to enjoy the lighthouses, and this one was nice, but unfortunately fenced off as it is still used.
We drove into town and ate at a nice restaurant near the island. The Seafood Stop? Slept well and resed.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Tuesday August 18th - First Ride
We drove like Crazy on Monday to reach our campground way up north. This would have been our third night, so we have missed nearly half of our ride. On the way up the Eastern Coast we stopped at a "Highlight" restaurant for dinner. The Chowder House was located in Neil's Harbor, and also the only game around. It is the only restaurant highlighted on the Cabot Trail official map. Lets just make this short it was without a doubt the worst food we had on the entire trip. If you make the trip do not stop here.
We camped at the Hideaway, a nice private camp at the north most point of the trail. Only letdown was the mosquitoes. The campground is in a nice wooded area just a few minutes from a lovely river. We made a hike down to the river but by the time we got back Heidi had lost half of her blood to the thirsty mosquitoes.
The next morning after our coffee and light breakfast we took our bikes out on a ride along the Spur road back to Neil's Harbor. This was absolutely beautiful, however we soon found that the hills were nonstop. We did this as an out and back of about 25 miles or more. On the way back I took the very steep side trip down to White Point, which was a very nice fishing village.
After our ride we drove back to the Cabot's Landing Park to have another picnic lunch, it was really nice and very warm and humid. We then continues along the Cabot Trail to the location of the pre planned campground, and found a nice cool running creek, so we jumped in to cool off. We checked out the next campground along the trail but were worried about the mosquitoes there also, so I convinced Heidi we should head over to the campground on the beach several miles futher. Before we did, we took a nice quick hike up to a waterfall, very relaxing.
The beach campground was nearly full, we grabbed a spot, and then took off to find dinner in the nearest town Cheticamp. We found a restaurant called the Harbor House and had an amazing dinner by far the best so far. It should be noted that Cheticamp was and still is mostly French. Back at our camp we found the place to be full, and had a very nice night after watching the sunset from the beach.
We camped at the Hideaway, a nice private camp at the north most point of the trail. Only letdown was the mosquitoes. The campground is in a nice wooded area just a few minutes from a lovely river. We made a hike down to the river but by the time we got back Heidi had lost half of her blood to the thirsty mosquitoes.
The next morning after our coffee and light breakfast we took our bikes out on a ride along the Spur road back to Neil's Harbor. This was absolutely beautiful, however we soon found that the hills were nonstop. We did this as an out and back of about 25 miles or more. On the way back I took the very steep side trip down to White Point, which was a very nice fishing village.
After our ride we drove back to the Cabot's Landing Park to have another picnic lunch, it was really nice and very warm and humid. We then continues along the Cabot Trail to the location of the pre planned campground, and found a nice cool running creek, so we jumped in to cool off. We checked out the next campground along the trail but were worried about the mosquitoes there also, so I convinced Heidi we should head over to the campground on the beach several miles futher. Before we did, we took a nice quick hike up to a waterfall, very relaxing.
The beach campground was nearly full, we grabbed a spot, and then took off to find dinner in the nearest town Cheticamp. We found a restaurant called the Harbor House and had an amazing dinner by far the best so far. It should be noted that Cheticamp was and still is mostly French. Back at our camp we found the place to be full, and had a very nice night after watching the sunset from the beach.
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