Sunday, August 3, 2014

Yeah! Off we go, first day of riding and first of two days across the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland.  We started with a detour to Mile O, which is the start place of  Terry Fox's run - there is a statue there commemorating this.  We were not able to dip our toe in the Atlantic, as the waterfront for as far as we could see each way was fenced-off, due to industry and Government facilities. On our way up out of town, we saw rows and rows of "Jelly Bean" painted houses on hilly streets. Into the ride, we found the road edges sketchy for most of the day, with the white line painted over broken and cracked pavement, which frequently had us on soft shoulder or out into the road to avoid getting in a rut.  Very nice stop at SUBWAY in Conception Bay for sandwiches (no egg salad or tuna salad at this one).  We always find a good choice of fresh food, hygienically prepared, by very friendly people at SUBWAY - we plan to stop at them a lot as we are not really prepared to pick up and safely store supplies for lunch and dinner, though we do have a "lunch kit" along, with pic-nic tools.  Oh no, oh well, back tire found a rusty spike on one of our off-the-road-on-the-road maneuvers around a rut/pothole. Oh yeah! Dr. Gadget had everything we needed - inner tube patch / tire boot (to line the inside of the tire tear so the inner tube wouldn't ooze out). Our road-side repair lesson from Francis at Fairfield bikes made the mishap a minor inconvenience and we were happily on the road shortly again.  We finally got to dip our toe in the Atlantic at Hollyrood Beach - a very beautiful bay with nice looking amenities.  The Filzer Zippy Glueless inner-tube patch didn't last, so we put in a new tube later in the afternoon - likely because the hole was so extensive and gravel and dust was getting in somehow.  We arrived at The Wilds golf resort in time to shower and dress nice for dinner.  It was a beautiful evening and the staff were so friendly - a great start to our stays in the Maritimes!




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