Viki had not secured her tent with all the pegs. During the night her tent kept moving around and she couldn't sleep well. She decided to sleep in the rec room. In the morning she couldn't find her tent. It was found in the trees. Today after the ride some people helped her duct tape up her fly to seal the wholes.
My cooking group prepared pancakes. They were very good mainly because it was so cold and wet. People also commented on how good they thought the pancakes were.
We left camp the latest ever at around 8:45. Sam and John joined me. We were really in no rush to do the 108 kms. It was lightly raining, overcast, and a little foggy.
The first part of the ride was wet and rolling hills. The route was scenic with views of waves breaking on the red rocks of the shore. We stopped for lunch in Ingonish at a cafe that had very good baked goods and lunch and breakfast items.
When lunch was over the sun was almost out and I decided to remove my wet weather clothing. There was only one more major climb after lunch. On the cue sheet there was warnings about the descent from that climb.
The cue sheet was right. After a climb the downhill was steep with switch backs that forced us to reduce our descent speed. There was some very nice views of the coast while going down the hill.
We met up with Viki and Matt just before we got to the causeway before the ferry. Sam and I picked up the pace and were averaging 50 kmph along the causeway.
The ferry was extremely short. It was anchored to the shore on both sides. It was an odd configuration making me wonder why the don't make the ferry longer or increase the lengths of the ramps.
After diner Bud briefed us on what is going on tomorrow. We are boarding a ferry to Newfoundland. It is also a very short ride at 42 km. That also means that we can sleep in tomorrow a bit.
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| Shoreline of Ingonish |
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| Winding road of the Cabot Trail just past Ingonish Ferry |
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| Englishtown cable ferry |
