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Halifax/Dartmouth, NS Thu, 8/29 81200-81450 (250 mi)
Woke up at 6:30, packed up in record time, and actually made the 8:00 ferry. Three hour ride to Digby, then began making my way around the south coast.
Had a nice lunch at
Rudder's BP in Yarmouth (formerly The Queen Molly).
Got a speeding ticket along rte 3 by a very friendly cop.
Uneventful ride the rest of the way to Halifax (although I did have a nice
conversation with a young RCMP officer at a gas station).
In Halifax I found the
Propeller BP, but couldn't park and it wasn't the
best neighborhood, so I pressed on to
Rogue's Roost BP (propeller was
more of an African Café anyway). Rogues Roost was great and I met
several nice people, including John and his girlfriend Sue and their
friend Bronwyn. John invited me to spend the night on his couch, so
after stopping at another bar in Dartmouth, I spent the night at his house.
Halifax/Dartmouth, NS Fri, 8/30 81450-81506 (56 mi)
Slept in late, had lunch at the
Maritime Brewery in Dartmouth
(actually Brewdebakers restaurant and Sleemans commercial brewery),
then took Sue for a nice ride up past Fletcher's Lake on Waverly rd.
Hit the Granite Brewery
in Halifax on the way back - a very nice
Pub in an old historic building. Got back to John's place and
then went out to his friend's house past Preston for a bonfire party.
Then we went back to the Attic in Halifax to see the Heelwalkers,
a loud Rock 'n Roll band. Got back to John's pretty late to crash.
Antigonish, NS Sat, 8/31 81506-81674 (168 mi)
Woke up slowly, packed up, and headed out around noon.
Beautiful long ride up the Eastern Shore. Met up with Daryl and Sharon
on their Harley (with trailer) around Liscomb. They followed me to
Goshen for some coffee (no campground to be found), and then on to
Antigonish, where we shared a nice campsite. Cooked chili and MREs
for dinner and had a nice fire before sacking out.
North Sydney, NS Sun, 9/1 81674-81889 (215 mi)
Daryl and Sharon headed out early to do the Cabot Trail, leaving
their pop-up trailer behind. I got packed up at a more leisurely
pace and headed on toward Cape Breton Island. Stopped at a very
nice little gym in St. Peters for a great workout, then had a nice
lunch before heading on toward Sydney. 
Turned off and went to Louisbourg. Worked my way up to the fortress where I bumped (literally) into Darly and Sharon! They had diverted off Cabot Trail and went the way I did instead, along the Marconi Trail. Talked to a 70-year old guy
on a Gold Wing with sidecar and trailer before heading back to Louisbourg
where Daryl, Sharon, and I had a lobster dinner with salad bar.
Split with them to take the coast road past Main-a-Dieu and Glace Bay
(the town with NO roadsigns) before beating it up north to North Sydney.
Passed the ferry dock and found a campground about 3 miles away.
A beautiful yellow lab pup adopted me and chased the light from my
flashlight around for hours. He was still there every time I got up that night.
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