August 17th and 18th

After a little blogging I joined the Goddards, Tim (dad), Sally(mom) and Kate for breakfast. Today was a civic holiday in PEI called the Gold Cup and Saucer which was started in 1962 to promote harness racing. We missed most of the parade or at least the huge inflatable objects that had to be filled with air rather than helium since there is a world wide shortage just like Fresca. The only good float was a beer company who had people in the back of the float drinking.

Random shot of houses in the downtown

Thursday August 16th

A bit of a ride.

I had three bagels for breakfast and was off riding by 9am. I stayed on the coastal highway until it intersected with the Trans Canada heading South to Port Elgin. I was originally planning to stay off the main highway and stuck to my guns even though it had a beautiful shoulder. The coastal highway was really just a road from this point and it quickly got hilly and in poor condition but there was some nice farm land to take pictures of where the ocean met the edge of the farm.


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