Friday, August 12, 2011

Days 12 to 14, Carleton PEI, Lincoln Maine and Berlin, Vermont.

Day 12
Drove from Port Hastings to George and Gloria's to return the Yukon. Once again, thank you ever so much. We probably would not have done the Cabot Trail without it.
The eastern provinces have not been kind to us in the weather department. We have not seen sun since we arrived. It has either been raining, or misty or overcast.
We packed up the bikes and started to make our way to Confederation Bridge. And it wasn't a big surprise to run into rain again. On with the wet suits. We drove to a hotel on the PEI side of the bridge atCarleton.

Day 13
Up early to get a good start on threat to try to it's me miles under our wheels. Decided to return via the states. A lot more direct and avoids Montreal at all costs. We put our wet suits on first thing in the morning as there was a fine mist falling. By noon we were able to take off our wet gear. We were in the states and the sun was shining. The first for at least 5 days.
We travelled close to 500 miles and got a room at Lincoln, Maine just north of Bangor. A good days work. Saw some awesome countryside.
Day 14
Another travel day. It is not as much fun when you are making the trip home. Just trying to put on as many miles as we can. We are now covering some of the same highways that we used on the way out. It is still pretty country on the reverse..we have spent most of the day riding alongside numerous rivers. We are guessing we did at least another 400 miles today. Could be more or less. I'm too tired to get the GPS out to get a more accurate number. Trying to find a room at 6:00 pm on a Friday in Montpellier Vermonte is not easy.. All of the inns were full. A great guy at the information center finally got us a room about 10 minutes away in Berlin. Recommended great place for dinner on our way called The Wayside Restaurant.
We finally got to our rooms. We were all so tired after 2 long days of riding. Murphys Law raised it's ugly head.. We went to check our rooms. The beds were made but dirty towels were on the floor, every drawer was opened, fridge opened and a mess of trash on the table.. The front desk had to arrange for it to be cleaned. The ice machines were broken and were told to go to the restaurant for ice cubes, and they would close in 10 minutes.the restaurant told us that the broken ice machines are a normal occurrence.. The entire hotel is in disrepair. It is evident everywhere you look. Beggars can't be choosers. It is the last room in the community and we are not about to get on the bikes to ride to Burlington, 40 minutes away. The room appears to be clean. Oh and did I say it was a "smoking room"????
Everyone has tucked in for the night. We had a discussion and decided to get up early tomorrow and try to ride for 1or 2 hours before breakfast. The hope is to get to Kingston for tomorrow night, so that Sunday will be a short day.

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