Today is the start of the 2012 Salty Dog Tour of the Maritimes.
In the fall of 2011, our friend, Dr Jonathan (our son is named after him) advised Julie that he was thinking of touring the Maritimes on his bike. Julie was thinking: Hey, Mike is getting a bike, wouldn't it be cool if he joined the good doctor on the trip (that cemented by plan to get the Beemer).
After work today, I will fight the weekend traffic and head up to Jonathan's house in Kingston. On saturday, we hit the road. The current plan is to either follow the north shore to Baie Comeau and take the ferry to Matane and then travel south through New Brunswick. Or, we may take the south shore ... that's the nature of this trip. We are heading in a general direction to the Maritimes and whim will direct us each day. We have from June 23 to July 8 to decide our path with the only definitive being a slow ride along the entire Cabot trail.
On thursday, Jonathan asked if I have a tent, just in case we don't make it to a hotel - plus that makes it a real adventure. Did I tell you that Jonathan is a certified adventurer? He has sailed single handed from England to North America several times including a date with a hurricane while sailing in the 27 foot "Mary Poppins".
I will do my best to post blogs each day, and if possible a photo or two. It will depend largely on where we have access to bandwidth.
Time to get to the office for one last day of work.
In the fall of 2011, our friend, Dr Jonathan (our son is named after him) advised Julie that he was thinking of touring the Maritimes on his bike. Julie was thinking: Hey, Mike is getting a bike, wouldn't it be cool if he joined the good doctor on the trip (that cemented by plan to get the Beemer).
After work today, I will fight the weekend traffic and head up to Jonathan's house in Kingston. On saturday, we hit the road. The current plan is to either follow the north shore to Baie Comeau and take the ferry to Matane and then travel south through New Brunswick. Or, we may take the south shore ... that's the nature of this trip. We are heading in a general direction to the Maritimes and whim will direct us each day. We have from June 23 to July 8 to decide our path with the only definitive being a slow ride along the entire Cabot trail.
On thursday, Jonathan asked if I have a tent, just in case we don't make it to a hotel - plus that makes it a real adventure. Did I tell you that Jonathan is a certified adventurer? He has sailed single handed from England to North America several times including a date with a hurricane while sailing in the 27 foot "Mary Poppins".
I will do my best to post blogs each day, and if possible a photo or two. It will depend largely on where we have access to bandwidth.
Time to get to the office for one last day of work.
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