the recurring rain starts to sap their strength, but not their spirit. They take advantage of a short interval in the rain to pack up their gear, but that still leaves a 90 km bike ride through heavy rain, on a long baron stretch of forest with no visible signs of life until they reach New Glasgow. The month of May is here,
and Jamie and Ben start the month with a late wake up, which wouldn’t have been a problem if it weren’t for the 11:00 a.m. ferry they needed to catch in order to arrive in their third province, Prince Edward Island. They arrive on time and coast across while watching the grey skies of Nova Scotia fade away to make room for the sunny shores of P.E.I. They get off the ferry and back on their bikes, it’s a gor- geous windy day with the Atlantic breeze. They bike on, laughing while thinking of the previous days pedaling N.S. Mountains in the freezing rain. Char- lottetown is a welcome sight, and the duo spend the late afternoon basking in the sun, it’s a long- awaited reprieve, and a perfect start to their first rest day in Charlottetown. After a day off the expedition continues; they reach Confedera- tion Bridge, the world’s longest ice-water bridge and wait pa-
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tiently for the next shuttle since bicycles and pedestrians aren’t permitted to cross. Over the bridge and into province number four, New Brunswick. Along their first 100km of New Brunswick, they meet the Nowaks, a German family that immigrated to Can- ada in 2005, who own a small B&B along the road. The pair is
night; the duo got no sleep. From Bouctouche the pair
head to Miramichi, NB.They meet some local youth that give them a brief tour which included a suggestion for a perfect camp site… the roof of an abandoned strip club. Enough said. They are now covering almost 130 km per day, at an average
shown some much appreciated hospitality; a dinner of pasta and schnitzel and some dry accom- modations… the barn behind their house. Despite the nice gesture, old barns in the middle on New Brunswick can be a little creepy in the middle of a stormy
speed of 30km/hour. They are settling into their routine: a quick breakfast and off they go, stop- ping only to change the occa- sional flat tire and to eat. At night, they both look forward to their daily glass of milk and a quick dinner. Exhausted, they have no time to do much else. The final leg of New Bruns-
wick is a 100 km route to Petit- Rocher, NB where they received a generous offer from Kevin, a fellow Canada World Youth past
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